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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 they're trying to manage or control a story or it's implied that there's something that doesn't 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 he's doing is he's suggesting to every woman in texas, who is struggling, whether it's w...

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 that's not the whole story about wendy davis, because it's never the whole story about any candidate. reporter w...

Joining me now, chris ball, co-host of msnbc's, "the cycle," which airs weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern. she was the democratic nominee for congress in virginia's first congressional district in the 2010 election. ben moore, former director of the pac progress texas, and co-author of "bush's brain: how karl rove made george w. bush president." how has the fallout in texas been around this story from wayne slater? >> i don't think there's been big fallout yet, chris. but, remember, we're talking, if you're a woman in this state and you've watched wendy's assent politically, you're watching somebo...

Who will use whoever's 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 great press coverage all over texas. now we are seeing these sort of tried and true attacks that are,...

Piece in "the dallas morning news" that's making quite a stir in the davis campaign, in which davis herself admits she's 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 his 401(k) account and took out a loan to help pay for her final loan there. on a scale of 1 to 10 w...