Reply #1: He won't get my support.

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Glen Maxey's "innovative" methods include Rovean strong-arm tactics I'd rather see out of the party, not heading it. He destroys all opponents equally, regardless of party affiliation or ideology. In other words, if he doesn't like a candidate, he will use the most underhanded tactics to destroy them, even if they are good progressives. I've personally been involved in campaigns he runs against. I've watched him promote recently converted Republican Democrats over life-long liberal Democrats just because they paid him or somehow convinced him to be on their side. I've seen him viciously attack the will and hard work of well-meaning liberal activists, (yes, me included) to get his way. He has no respect for people, for democratic principles, or as far as I can tell, for party, given some of the people he's backed.

He will strong-arm any candidate he doesn't personally like out of the race, rather than let the Democratic voters decide. He demands lock-step obedience. He set up one young man in my club to take the fall for his own devious conniving. This poor man, almost a kid, was convinced to sabotage a club's endorsement proceedings and was left to face the full wrath of the club when Maxey's henchmen exposed the kid as the culprit. This young man was shaken near to tears after being attacked, and promised his friends he's never do Maxey's "dirty work" again.

Maxey's interest is Maxey. He cares less about Dem wins than Maxey wins. He cares less about liberal ideology than his own personal interests. Ask around Austin. He's got supporters, but he has a lot of bloody enemies. I do not consider him a good person, by any means.

If there's a "draft Maxey" campaign he's probably secretly heading it. He'll probably win, too. And we'll be back to the days of Lloyd Bentsen and John Connally destroying actual liberals like Ralph Yarborough. I won't sign on for that.