Rick Green vs. Patrick Rose Documentary

Last Man Standing: Politics, Texas Style didn't start out as the story of Rick Green and Patrick Rose fighting for a Texas House seat in a district that included LBJ's home town. It was supposed to be about something bigger. It was 2002, and the Democrats had just put together a self-proclaimed "dream team" of candidates who looked great on paper — great enough that Texas might be on the verge of turning back into a real two-party state.


Wrong. Tony Sanchez, the Hispanic gubernatorial hopeful who headed the ticket, spent sixty-plus million dollars but remained the wealthy businessman ...

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