http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 10073.htmlAUSTIN - Former Houston Mayor Bill White is starting his general election challenge to Republican Gov. Rick Perry with a $3 million advantage in money in the bank, according to finance reports released by their campaigns Thursday.
Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said White's funds give him an advantage not held by Democratic candidates for governor in 1998 or 2006.
"They've had no money, no opportunity to get up on television. With Bill White, you'd have to say he's running with the wind in his hair — if he had any hair," Jillson said. But he added: "Money has to be in the service of message, and right now, White doesn't have a compelling message."