So some no-names want to run for DA.
Meanwhile, Joe Moody does nothing.
Maybe Joe is betting on Democrats winning the Texas House, but then what?
Will he be Speaker?
Unlikely.
Not because he is a bad guy, but some of his fellow colleagues who have been around longer and hail from other larger metros will not let that happen.
A chairmanship of a committee?
Yeah, that can happen, but you're working your ass off for what?
The only perks of that are really lobbyist-paid meals.
And do you really want more lobbyist-paid meals?
You can make a better steak at home anyways.
That, and when all is said and done, David Stout works one day a week and makes 10 times more than you.
I know David K thinks the weed thing might hurt Moody, but come on. El Paso fired Silvestre Reyes, and hired a bike messenger. And man, how that bike messenger has fallen. But that's for another day.
Maybe the reason why Moody passes on DA is because he does want to run statewide. He figures staying in Austin he can keep all the contacts he has made to make that run one day. But then for how long can you chug along with little pay, and time away from home? There's nothing to say you cannot run for AG one day if you are a DA. Or for that matter, just because you go back home that does not mean you have to throwaway all that you did in Austin.
But, whatever.
But come January 2021, if it feels like Groundhog Day a month earlier than usual, well, don't say you did not have a choice.