THE BIG CONVERSATION

Is “eye-gougingly boring” the new “gubernatorial”?

The wonky Houston Mayor Bill White announced yesterday that, after months of running for an unavailable U.S. Senate seat, he will consider running for governor instead.

In the same day he announced he might run, White managed to pick up a few arguably significant endorsements — among them former U.S. Ambassador Tom Schieffer, who had been running for governor until dropping out yesterday.  State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, who previously declined to enter the race for governor, also endorsed White. 

An eager state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, endorsed White ...

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