By Noah
"One Tough Grandma" Austin's Carole Keeton Strayhorn, former Texas state comptroller of public accounts should run again. Besides being a very interesting person and holding several official public titles, Strayhorn has switched parties not once but twice. Her change from democrat to republican in 1986 came when she was selected nominee for the U.S. House seat.
Strayhorn took great strides as the first woman mayor of Austin, elected 3 consecutive terms, first woman elected to the Texas Railroad Commission and the first woman elected as comptroller, also being the first female president of the Austin school board and president of our incredible Austin Community College board. Even though Strayhorn will always consider herself to be a republican she ran against GOP incumbent Rick Perry in 2006 as an independent. She lost the election and placed third in a five-way race.
With the current trend of independents in our nation to side with the democratic party, what will Strayhorn do next? Independents are shifting their loyalties and so many of them do not even vote. Opposition to the Iraq war and Bush's current strategies have started a real flux of voters crossing over into democratic territory.
Strayhorn's outgoing and charismatic personality, witty remarks, and charm have served her well so far. Her hardline attacks on Perry's republican party; Texas "hardball" style politics. She isn't afraid to stand up for herself and apparently feels there should be a strong separation of religion and state. How will the voters turn out for her in 2010? Perry's lavish government life will obviously anger voters enough to make a difference or a change in our next election. Independent or not can she conceivably make a marked difference to Texas voters that have voted republican for the last several years. Watch out for Carole Keeton Strayhorn in gubernatorial election 2010. Will she return as a republican?
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