“A Win For Greg Abbott” . . . “[Abbott] Was Polished” . . . “Favors Greg Abbott”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy: “Davis Seemed Uncomfortable & Looked At The Moderator. Abbott Never Failed To Speak To Voters. She Was Practiced, He Was Polished.” (Bud Kennedy, Twitter.com, 9/19/14)
The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty: “Abbott More Comfortable In Debate Format.” “Overall, Abbott more comfortable in debate format, seems less programmed.” (Karen Tumulty, Twitter.com, 9/19/14)
- Tumulty: “Davis Running Off The Rails A Bit In The Candidate-To-Candidate Questions. Abbott More Agile.” (Twitter.com, 9/19/14
Houston Chronicle’s Patrick Svitek: “Favors Greg Abbott.” “I would agree definitely. Senator Davis needed a game changer and while there weren’t many major missteps. Probably very few, she certainly didn’t get that and that obviously favors Greg Abbott.” (YNN, 9/19/14)
San Antonio Express News’ Peggy Fikac: “[Abbott] Calmly Fended Off The Attacks.” “Democrat Wendy Davis went on the offensive against Republican Greg Abbott on issue after issue Friday in their first debate in the race for governor. Abbott, the state attorney general and frontrunner in the gubernatorial race, calmly fended off the attacks during the one-hour face off.” (San Antonio Express-News, 9/19/14)
Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock: “A Win For Greg Abbott.” “Unless there was any huge headline from this, which I don’t think that there was, other than that they had a debate. I think you have to chalk that up as a win for Greg Abbott.” (YNN, 9/19/14)
Texas Monthly’s Erica Greider: “Good Lord, Davis Sounds Like She’s Running For Student Council.” (Erica Greider, Twitter.com, 9/19/14)
NBC DFW’s Julie Fine: “He [Abbott] Has Yet To Mention Her Or Her Positions.” “In each question/rebuttal, State Senator Wenday Davis has gone after Attorney General. He has yet to mention her or her positions.” (Julie Fine, Twitter.com, 9/19/14)
Dallas Morning News Politics Twitter: “On School Finance, It’s Not As If Abbott Dropped Appeal, More $ Would Automatically Flow. The Legislature Has To Act.” (Dallas Morning News, Twitter.com, 9/19/14)
The Associated Press’ Paul Weber: “She [Davis] Wouldn’t Answer And Instead Digressed.” “Abbott on Friday night delivered his best shot upon asking Davis whether she regretted voting for President Barack Obama. She wouldn’t answer and instead digressed.” (The Associated Press, 9/19/14)
Austin American-Statesman: “… [Davis] Speaking Over The Moderator To Score A Point When It Wasn’t Her Time To Speak.” “Davis, a state senator from Fort Worth who is behind in the polls, needed to jostle the race and went on the offensive several times, once speaking over the moderator to score a point when it wasn’t her time to speak.” (Austin American-Statesman, 9/19/14)