Top Reads, Feb. 14: Davis’ Obama campaigners / Hot button Davis / Dems’ missing voters

Wayne Slater with the Dallas Morning News reports on the amount of campaign help that had been allied to President Barack Obama and now is going toward the gubernatorial campaign of state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth.
“The Davis campaign for governor and Battleground Texas, a group of former Obama political organizers assisting her, have spent more than $1.5 million on operatives and vendors who were part of Obama’s national re-election effort, campaign finance reports filed with the state show,” Slater writes.

Davis also pressed hot-button issues in a visit to the San Antonio Express-News editorial board, the Express-News’ Peggy Fikac reports. She voiced support for same-sex marriage, finding new transportation funding sources and possibly spending more from the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

Ross Ramsey at the Texas Tribune analyzes “The Case of the Missing Democratic Voters.” He argues that there has been hype about the changing demographic in Texas benefitting the Democratic Party, but the party hasn’t been able to capitalize on previous elections in seemingly ideal situations.
“The population may be booming, but the electorate is not, and the Democratic electorate got smaller,” Ramsey writes after describing the 2010 races.
He reminds Democrats of the votes of Texans who have participated before, but not in a long time.