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Noted, was very fond of her. she gets out of harvard, she becomes a state senator in this state, where its very difficult for a woman to succeed politically. what id suggest is that if this were a man in texas who had made this same assent and had this same narrative to share, everybody would be going, oh, my god, look at the sacrifices he made for his family to succeed and achieve and look at what hes done. instead, greg abbotts campaign, and the right, is trying to portray this as a woman who ...

Best week of her campaign. she shocked everybody by outraising greg abbott. she unveiled an education platform that got great press coverage all over texas. now we are seeing these sort of tried and true attacks that are, frankly, going to alienate the people that are identifying with that story. i think unless you can say to an audience, the way she can, that you have cut up a totinos pizza to make it last four meals so your kid could have the real food, you should probably just lead this story...

And you can see it in the way the right has run with this story. from drudge, texas abortion heroine lined about being a single teen mom. erick erickson, i await wendy davis lawsuit. and john noulte tweets, interesting, as mainstream media destroys christie, new media is taking down wendy davis. joining me now, chris ball, co-host of msnbcs, "the cycle," which airs weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern. she was the democratic nominee for congress in virginias first congressional district in the 2010 ele...

She was the democratic nominee for congress in virginias first congressional district in the 2010 election. ben moore, former director of the pac progress texas, and co-author of "bushs brain: how karl rove made george w. bush president." how has the fallout in texas been around this story from wayne slater? >> i dont think theres been big fallout yet, chris. but, remember, were talking, if youre a woman in this state and youve watched wendys assent politically, youre watching somebody who did f...

Obviously, they mishandled this. they had wendy come out and talk about using tighter language, and the usage of a term like that suggests that theyre trying to manage or control a story or its implied that theres something that doesnt need to be revealed. they need more transparency. they need to be more aggressive and more outfront. she has, as everybody knows, an amazing story, that appeals broadly to all of the suburban women in this state. and by greg abbott attacking that story, what hes d...

They should. obviously, they mishandled this. they had wendy come out and talk about using tighter language, and the usage of a term like that suggests that theyre trying to manage or control a story or its implied that theres something that doesnt need to be revealed. they need more transparency. they need to be more aggressive and more outfront. she has, as everybody knows, an amazing story, that appeals broadly to all of the suburban women in this state. and by greg abbott attacking that stor...

Four kids, to living in a trailer park with her own child, to graduating the first in her class, to going on to harvard law school, to become a texas state senator in 2008. these up by the bootstraps details of wendy davis bio are familiar, and when she became a rock star last june, it was those details that not only helped to endear her to the people of texas, but helped make her a national star, including right here on this network. all of it has helped her raise $12 billion. but thats not the...

Joining me now, chris ball, co-host of msnbcs, "the cycle," which airs weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern. she was the democratic nominee for congress in virginias first congressional district in the 2010 election. ben moore, former director of the pac progress texas, and co-author of "bushs brain: how karl rove made george w. bush president." how has the fallout in texas been around this story from wayne slater? >> i dont think theres been big fallout yet, chris. but, remember, were talking, if your...

Who will use whoevers in her way. >> so the thing about candidate bios, is that they are powerful because voters identify with them. >> more than anything. >> and wendy davis has quite possibly the most powerful personal story that we have heard. and millions of texans identify with it. the reason why we are hearing these attacks now is because last week, wendy davis had the best week of her campaign. she shocked everybody by outraising greg abbott. she unveiled an education platform that got gr...

Piece in "the dallas morning news" thats making quite a stir in the davis campaign, in which davis herself admits shes been, quote, using broader, looser language, needs to be more focused on the details of her biography. she was never technically a single teen mother, because davis was 21, not 19, when she was divorced. she only lived in that trailer for a few months while separated from her husband. she did go to harvard law school. it turns out that her second husband at the time cashed in hi...