Too bad it's in Texas. If you've never heard of Kinky Friedman, he's a Jew raised in Texas so his slant on things is a bit different than most. He had a band called Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys years ago and had a few albums with songs with titles like "They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus no more" and a nice feminist tune "Get your buscuits in the oven and your buns into bed".
I especially like this quote:
"It's time to bring Texas back to its independent roots," Friedman said. "This will only happen when we see more candidates appealing to a wider range of voters. Only then will there be more emphasis on bipartisan cooperation and decisions made based on the public - not the party's - interest."

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/index.html

We need people like this to run for office to get back to politics like Kinky describes above. Kinky has been making the rounds of the talk shows. So, give him a listen if you're so inclined. He's smart, funny, plain-spoken and interesting to listen to.

good to see that he is at it for another year