It’s a strange thing to walk through the Texas Capitol on a weekday afternoon. There are the familiar crowded committee rooms, the halls filled with lobbyists, the shark tank in the Capitol extension filled with Cub Scouts, smokers and people whose cellular phones won’t work anywhere else in the underground.
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The Parlous Piñata Position
You have to take a deep breath to recite the full name of the newest organization in town: Gov. George W. Bush Presidential Exploratory Committee, Inc. It is up and running, with faxes and phones and all that stuff. Also well underway is the phase where the candidate gets fawning magazine, newspaper and television stories the media equivalent of hanging up a piñata before the big party. It’s nice, big, eye-catching, room-dominating, and the bats will come out as soon as everyone arrives.
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