Will Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez Become the ‘Icarian Candidate' for Texas Governor?

There's a reason Lupe Valdez is holding us in suspense about her plans to enter the Texas' governor's race. Is there a chance she won't do it?Clearly, Valdez realizes this would be a political suicide mission -- that she doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of knocking off Republican Gov. Greg Abbott next November. A gubernatorial campaign would be, to put it mildly, an Icarian adventure that would end with Valdez's political wings scattered across rural and suburban Texas precincts.  Continue reading...