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Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Ù Okay, Chief, right to the point. Did you lie to a three-member panel investigating the lamir case? No, not at all. But you must realize that indictments in this town sometimes say to people guilty. How does it make you feel? Well, I don't feel I'm guilty of anything. And I have my counsel, my attorneys, extremely capable. And my biggest interest right now, of course, is to the case at point in clearing my name. And I feel very confident we'll be able to do that.

You know, on the day that you were fired, that night on television, there were a lot of officers being seen practically dancing in the streets. Excited that you were finally leaving. Did that hurt? Well, it doesn't please anybody. I think I think maybe I would hope that they would be more or less misinformed as to really the reasons why I was leaving. And their enthusiasm was a bit unjustified, I think. I think as a whole, I'm very comfortable with a quality of people on that department. It's an outstanding department. And from all walks of life throughout that department, male, female, young, old, ethnic background, race, whatever. And I think as a whole, the department understands what things we have done the last two years, and the direction the department's going, which is forward, and hope it continues to go that way. You probably had to have been dissipated once this got to the DAs that might have been some indictment, even one, even a misdemeanor.

But did you anticipate that the city manager would fire you so quickly upon a return of an indictment? Well, I had no idea that would be the outcome of it that fast. Of course, that's not in my control, that's in that individual's control. And I think it's important to say that this is an atypical environment that I've been involved in. I'm not used to being on this side of the table as an example in a courtroom. And I'm not familiar with the grand jury initiatives and playing this particular role. And it's kind of startling. It causes one to sit back and reflect a bit. I'm looking forward to it reaching its final conclusion. While you were looking back and reflecting, did Dallas expect too much from you? Did they expect a savior and only get somebody who was not capable of redeeming all our sins?

Oh, I don't think so. I've never had any signs that would make me feel that way. I had a pretty good mission, I think, that was understood at the time when I came here. I received no real specific written mandates at all, but I think we needed to solidify relationships with all the communities, especially the minority community in the police department. We needed to manage a bit better and smarter, and we needed to address the crime issue. And I think if you stop and think about it, and once maybe the critics as an example stop and think about all the successes that we've enjoyed over the two years, that we have basically done all of those things. And programs are intact, programs are involved, and they're going to continue on, hopefully. Let's assume that this case gets thrown out of the court, so the indictment gets dismissed, or let's assume that you go through a trial and you are acquitted. Would you fight to get your job back?

That's not a here yet. I would enjoy being Dallas Police Chief without a doubt. I enjoyed the two years I was there. If the opportunity presented itself, I certainly would take another chance at Dallas Police Chief, because I think I would be a much more effective chief, I feel. You really think you could be more effective after all of this? Certainly, without a doubt, because the critics would have to adjust the people who are pro-bind, as you might say, would be comfortable. And I think, as a whole, everybody would back up and regroup, and I think we'd have a positive result from that initiative. Let's assume for a moment that you will never be Police Chief of Dallas again. What would you say to a person coming in to be chief? To be... Anybody coming? To be willing, and able, and accessible to the public, and to emphasize empathy, throughout the department, and how they deal with the public, be open with the media,

and make certain that you strengthen relationships between yourselves and create a bonding between yourselves and all employees within that department. Mike Vines is not washed up as a public official. Nobody will anybody else take a chance on a Mike Vines? Well, one would hope so. I certainly have just a mere child, as you can see, and I have, hopefully, many more years left of productivity. So I would think there's something out there for me. And the Dallas City Council, and your form of boss, the City Manager, what would you say to them in looking for a chief if we were not Mac Vines going back in? What must they look for? I would say the same thing. There have been a lot of comments about when we need a minority chief. We need a type chief as an example. You need a human being, first of all. You need someone that understands human beings, and you need someone who understands communication, and who understands how to deal through empathy. Because it only be a matter of time, no matter who sits in that chair before that person has to make what we call unpopular decisions.

Okay, finally, do you feel betrayed by the City Manager by other officers? I don't think so. I don't think so. What I feel is a little hurt. What I feel is a concern, and I wish it had never happened, and I wish it had happened much differently than it actually did. Thanks, Chief. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

That's about right. You're having a nice day. At Fort Worsley, in a pop home for emotionally disturbed children, the kids in this classroom already know one of the hardest lessons life has been. The hardest lessons life has to teach. Twenty-two. Now we've got a negative to work with here. I remember how they did that. Okay, just look at the whole neighborhood. They so often have been victims of abuse, and harassment, and neglect, and they were violated, and as a result of that violation, someone has come to them and say, you leave your neighborhood, you leave your friends, you leave your home, you leave your school, and the kids say, well, why me? I didn't do this. It was done to me. I didn't do it. And so they come to us pretty angry. And what we have to say is, is life is not fair. And what happened to you is not fair, but we can't allow you to use that as an excuse. The Lena Pope Home could not exist without the financial support it receives from individuals, foundations, and the business community.

But a check by itself can't buy a happy life for an abused child. Professionals say that for kids like these, there is no substitute for a person the child can count on for emotional support. So when you're that vulnerable, you look for anybody. That accepts you, shows any kind of concern for you. And that's why it's so, so important that we as a community take an interest in them, and let them know that, because without it, that's where we lose these kids. We give up on them. The Cartwright Ranch South of Fort Worth provides horse-drawn carriages and stage coaches for weddings and parades. For some time now, the Cartwrights have employed kids from Lena Pope like Robert and Ricardo. 14-year-old Ricardo's last home was on the streets of El Paso.

Ricardo has never known his father's name, and nobody ever told Ricardo what day his birthday is on. Three years ago, 17-year-old Robert's adoptive family used to bring him out to the Cartwright Ranch to ride horses. But Robert's violent, abusive childhood had left him so angry and aggressive that eventually his adoptive family sent him back to Lena Pope. Looking back on his life then, Robert doesn't like what he sees. I see somebody that's real, that was real mixed up, didn't understand what had gone on with him, and didn't know where he was going to go, or what he was going to do. Just knew that he didn't want to be where he was, and he was never happy with anything that he did, or wasn't even really happy with himself. Robert's life today is happier. He's part of a new family now. Over a year ago, Roy and Debbie Puente brought Robert into their home. The Puente's used to work at Lena Pope and new Robert there. Roy remembers discussing Robert's job with the late Mr. Cartwright.

And I remember talking to him about the job for Robert when I first set that up with him. I said, you realize that there's been some problems and that he's not real popular in the community and that he tends to exaggerate things, and sometimes he tends to say things that aren't real good. And he's a kid who thinks he knows it already, so he might be a good time to hire him. And he said, well, that's no different than most of the people I have except that I ain't got nobody to turn to if they have problems. That's such a key. You've got to have not only a willing employer and a kid who needs a job, but you've also got to have some support systems. After Robert's failed adoption, the Lena Pope home and the Cartwrights worked together to build a safety net under him. The people from the home would bring him out, and I would take him home on Sunday afternoon. And he would do chores for us, and we'd pay him not very much, but I'd buy him clothes along and things like that. The Cartwrights were able to do some things with Robert that none of the rest of us were able to do. They were able to say, here's a responsibility that chures.

These horses that we want you to feed, they cannot go out and get a hamburger like you can. You've got to be there every day. What they're really saying to Robert is, is you can't, you're important, and he needed to know that he could give something back. He was just, you know, like part of the family, and there would be a lot of times that you'd get off alone some and had you not had Robert, you know, it would have been worse. You know, I really don't know how to explain that to you. Mrs. Cartwright didn't have to explain herself to Robert. It meant a lot because I was kind of scared that they wouldn't want to know me anymore. But they took me in and just like brought me back up into what I thought I'd lost everything. It was still there when I had the relationship I had with them.

It doesn't matter to the Cartwrights that stories involving troubled kids don't always have happy endings. What they've done for Robert, they are now doing for Ricardo. Both boys say they are grateful to the Lena Pope home, but that families like the Cartwrights and the Puentes have given them a sense of security they never had before. Well, before I came to Lena Pope home, I think I was really mature. And I couldn't handle being in a relationship with anybody, fear that I'd just get hurt. And I came to Lena Pope home and I met Royne Debbie and I had the Cartwrights and I kind of figured out that, you know, there's gonna be people leaving. But you've always got the people that are gonna stay with you. Growing up is not easy to do. And with a troubled child, a troubled young person, and you become involved in their life, there are risks that you're going to take.

And it's really easy to take the risk by with a car or the risk of loaning a little bit of money. But I'm talking about the emotional risk. And that's where so many adults have struggles in reaching out to a young person. And with the young people like Robert and Ricardo, what we know is that the primary thing must run through their lives, is that whether they succeed or fail, whether they're angry or happy, whether they're celebrating or they're grieving, that we're with them, that we're not going to quit. They are our kids. The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the second busiest airport in the world.

2000 take-offs and landings a day. 48 million passengers every year. When DFW opened 16 years ago, most of the passengers were people who lived in Texas or were visiting here. But deregulation of the airline industry has changed that. DFW is now a major hub for cross-country travel. 63% of the passengers are simply switching planes, flying through on the way to someplace else. The airport terminals are overcrowded and so is the sky overhead. And so airport officials have proposed $3.5 billion worth of expansion and remodeling. The plan, build two new runways, expand existing runways and taxiways, rebuild most of the terminals and add some new ones, and expand the network of roads at DFW. I was raised out in East Texas.

A large part of my upbringing was on the farm. We raised our own neat as a child. We raised our own hogs, our own cattle, and all that. So yes, I mean, I was around animals constantly. They were a real major part of my life. And because of that, it certainly reflects that in the work. Well, I had gone to college for a year and it's just that it was not for me. It just wasn't what I wanted. Because I already had all of the things that I wanted to do in my head, ideas and visions and stuff. And it's just not a place to try to do your own work in school under that kind of environment. I wanted professors wanting you to paint certain ways when I already knew what I wanted to do. And it wasn't what they wanted me to do for the grades. I wanted to do work that was like, you know, folk inspired work.

I thought that probably the best way to, the best step to use what they use, which was wooded, or felt like I wanted that really very raw, kind of rough-edged look to the work. And one way to do that was with wood. That scene art from New York, you know, in all the art magazines. And it just didn't do a thing for me. It just completely left me cold. But whenever I saw work that was being done around East Texas and the folk art vein, it really had a big impact. I really affected me strongly. I was just tired of like seeing it at a table and like hunched over and drawing all day.

I wanted to really, you know, be outside and to work with materials and really, you know, be on my feet all day. It was almost, you know, in a way like dancing is what I thought it was like. You're dancing. Just being on your feet and working around the object that you're doing, always moving it was like dancing. I used to always play with animals, you know, because I really, as a child, I preferred to hang around myself with other children. So therefore I had to find some ways to entertain myself. And who were my friends? They were animals. A lot of times when I choose to have animal, have insect, have human being, or it's for some reason. I'm trying to tell you what kind of a guide, this particular, if he's have pig, well then that means that he's greedy and you're stingy and all that.

Half like grasshopper, that probably means that he's lazy. It's what I'm trying to say about the guy that he's lazy. Every piece I've always done, I mean, from the small trial I've always been concerned about the issues of you right and wrong. I've always been concerned with that my whole life. What is right, what is wrong, you know? What should we do to try to make our socially good, you know, like angels or something? A big thing with my work, a certain area of my work is the temptation. I mean I want to overcome the temptation or have to get around temptation. So that's what I'm trying to tell you deal with in sex is we all know a major temptation. So therefore that's why I have a lot of these sex scenes to try to show how to get over the temptation and get around it. I have to transcend it, if you will, to transcend some of our more based animalistic drives.

And that's a lot of my concern too is to try to find the higher spiritual ground. And because of that the work is for like the scratch pad for me, you know, it's like scratch pad for my own ideas about letting you live and art and everything else. I've always been concerned with that my whole life is for like the scratch pad for my own ideas. So that's why I have to transcend it. I've always been concerned with that my whole life is for like the scratch pad for my own ideas. And that's why I have to transcend it.

Give me lots of land under story skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open spaces that I love. Don't fence me in. I want to be by myself and the human breeze. Listen to the murmur of the cutwood trees. Send me off forever but I ask you please. Don't fence me in. We have a myth here I think that people are wedded to their cars but I really think the question is we're wedded to no other alternative. Even in land rich Texas growth has created traffic that turns freeways into parking lots and dirties the air. In 1983 Dallas and 13 surrounding cities approved a one-cent sales tax to fund a mass transportation system named DART or Dallas area rapid transit. The idea was to provide an alternative form of transportation so that we could maintain the boom of downtown Dallas and maintain the boom of the general region without getting into gridlock.

After three years tax payers had pumped millions of dollars into a transit system that wasn't going anywhere. They got a bureaucracy marked by instability. DART had three executive directors in his many years. Its public image took a beating after many internal and external conflicts. Conflict between the Dallas City Council appointed board and the staff, between the pro growth business community and neighborhood activists, between the suburbs and the city of Dallas. The bottom line should have been what was good for the whole overall region in the city also. That should have been the bottom line but when you start talking about billions of dollars you're going to have speculators, developers, hang-ons, some people that you can put in the aspect of transportation pimps. It's just for the buck. When board members went to Europe to compare trains, they liked what they saw and changed the DART service plan. This caused great debate among the various board members.

I won't say this is ever split between suburban and city board members but we did make in effect we were making a change which required in order to implement, required a great deal of boring up front in order to make this happen. The public started to turn on DART. Black Dallas saw new but empty buses in white neighborhoods, while buses in black neighborhoods were hot, old and overcrowded. That was a special effort put toward trying to garner and placate the suburbs at the expense of the inner city captive ridership. Just that plain example. The more DART did, the more it alienated taxpayers. Dallas was in a recession but DART kept hiring and paying fat salaries and the board built an expensive fancy meeting room. In DART asked voters in 1988 to approve a bond sale. They said no and eight suburban cities vow to pull out of the system.

The 1988 withdrawal election threatened a decade old dream for a regional transportation system in North Texas. But the dream is still alive, only two cities pulled out. People want mass transit and alternatives. They're not necessarily happy with from day to day with DART but they know that we need mass transit. So therefore, as a matter of equity, these cities said DART gets your house in order and come back with what was promised to the public. And we did that. DART is trying harder to explain its projects to the public. So at Edgemont and the TU right of way, we would have the rail line totally within the TU right of way. This community outreach effort isn't just the DART's idea, some of it is dictated by the federal government. After promising not to apply for strings attached federal money, DART had to ask the transportation department for $125 million to complete its South Dallas rail line. DART's revised plan has a smaller rail system.

It has expanded its bus system and made it easier for suburban riders to travel to and from work. The DART plan includes proposed express lanes for buses and car poolers. The DART plan includes proposed express lanes for buses and car poolers. Recent land and rail purchases have been caused for symbolic train rides and celebrations. They are public signs that DART is making progress. I think we will come in under budget early. Plano lawyer David McCall chaired the DART board from 1986 to 1989. He saw DART become to many a four-letter word. It still is a four-letter word and I think it's become more positive in that context. We still have a long way to go. If it was your business, it was my business and it is our business because we do own it. We'd be trying to figure out what is the most efficient way that we can do the most good for the most people in Dallas. Former DART supporter Dave Fox has become one of its strongest opponents.

He says it's foolish to spend the next 20 years building a rail system in auto-dependent Dallas. And this is insane. We're doing something that's a crime and it's going to take a whole generation that this commitment is making. And they're using all this money and they're not going to accomplish very much. I have to feel far more optimistic. We haven't had a mass transit system. I don't know if it's work or not. I have to feel it's going to. I think you put a good system in place. It may take 20 years for the full reactions to take place, but I think it will happen. Bad news came last month when the State Highway Department announced it doesn't have enough money for Dallas Highway repairs. That could delay DART's $592 million plan to construct 37 miles of high occupancy vehicle lanes. And DART still has enemies in high places. I think there's a legislative threat any time the legislature meets to DART and anyone else.

But the transit agencies will be looked at. We are one of the few agencies, both us and Houston, who have funds. Governor Bill Clements recently appointed a task force to review Texas transit systems for next year's legislative session. We've been investigated as much as any entity I know of. In the region we've been investigated by the Dallas Citizens Council Transportation Committee. We've been investigated by the Chamber of Commerce. We've certainly been looked at by all the member cities. We've been looked at by the Legislature, Sunset Review Committee. And we've come out in all of those very well. And we've been looked at by the voters in the withdrawal elections. I don't know who else needs to look at us. It won't help DART that Lewis Beecherill heads the governor's transit task force. He's a member of SMART, the anti-DART lobby that day FOX co-chairs. I didn't want a train system. I wanted mobility.

But a lot of the people that wanted a train system was a question of every big city has a train system. Pro train groups say SMART represents developers and construction interest who would pay over Texas until not a blade of grass is left. But FOX says he wants efficiency. I think we could use our present roads a whole lot better than we're present here isn't it? If there's an opportunity to build a tollway, we sure ought to do it. We cannot build more highways. It's taking us 36 years to widen central expressway and that's not complete. It's taking us 28 years to build 190 and that's not complete. It's taking us 26 years to build state highway 161 and it's not complete. And it is becoming more evident every day that the transit system is needed in Dallas. I'm sure you have your skeptics have. Some people will still have you living in grass huts, but we have to look forward to the future. You look out here. There's no density here. It's almost that no way lives here.

Growth patterns in North Texas have discouraged people from using mass transportation. We were never built as anything but an automobile city. This isn't San Francisco. Mass transit historically has been demand driven. Here we're trying to create a system and then create a demand. That's a curious one. Don Reigns hopes the Dart stations will become magnets for development, creating neighborhoods that produce more Dart rail riders. Growth occurs much later once transportation is fixed and known where it will be. And people who use public transportation have to rely on the permits of that. Reigns also predicts the Middle East conflict and related hikes and gasoline prices will draw more riders to Dart. The biggest challenge for Dart may be winning back public trust. Let's make haste. Let's break ground. We've collected all the money. We've had all the studies. I think we've spent so many mega-million dollars on studies. Time out for that. Let's get some dirt flying.

Now, we're going to start drilling. We're going to take this out. Once I finish. Dart plans to break ground in a few days in downtown Dallas. And while Dart executives want people to notice when construction is starting, the location is a touchy issue. They worry the location might upset people who think only downtown Dallas will benefit from Dart. Dart will hold an official, politically safe, groundbreaking, next spring, when it can celebrate construction in two spots. Downtown and in South Dallas. Two billion dollars. I don't know what the school board could have done with that. I don't know what the housing people could have done with that. I don't know how many more policemen we could have hired or that. I don't know how many more people we could have put in jail. Where are the priorities? Who's setting the priorities? We're at a very turning point in Texas in the urban areas. And that is to become great cities, which we are and have the nucleus for even greater, we have to have these alternatives. Alright, get off guys. I got to go to work.

Get off, you little brat. What are you doing? I'm just going to do the work. I'm just going to work. I'm just going to work. I'm just going to work. I just have to work. I'll do what I can do. I'm just going to work. I'm just going to work. Alright, get off guys. I got to go to work. Let's go, move it out. Alright, take care now. Let's go guys. Try to start. Okay. Did that make you feel bad when the suburbs all voted no and had that problem back in? Well, to me, I figured it didn't make me feel bad. I looked at what the public was talking about and I felt in some way the way they did.

The dark was spending money on a lot of things that I thought was unnecessary, which I don't see the big picture of dark anyway. We've been a driver. Well, what kind of stuff? Well, not advertisement, but all these analyzing things that they paid these people thousands of dollars to analyze this and analyze that. A lot of the stuff they could find out could come from the drivers. The bus drivers are the ones that make it a break. How do you even have all the big people in the world up there setting them chairs in dark? But where do I want to hear you to make it a break? Of course, we work with the public right hand in hand with them. When you come back, where can I come from? See if I stop by over there, huh? That yellow one right there? Okay. See you right across street. See you in a little while. But the art is tried. But I gotta say before, when he put 25, what if he got 25 or 31 people on the dark board, one represented from each city, each suburban area and all that.

When he put 25, 30 people on the board, you're never going to get all of them to a three. Before he had to know about, they didn't have bus shelters out in these different areas. I'm talking about these little brown bus shelters for people standing up waiting for the bus. They didn't have them on the streets. They didn't have very many transfer centers built. They may have been in the planning of it, but the public wants it right now. They don't want it 10 years from now. Who wants to stand out in the rain or the cold? Are these shelters? I mean, with no shelter and everything. And there are tax money going for it. And they're standing out in the rain. But no kind of shelter at all waiting for a bus. So it's already just come along in long ways since I know both. They realize what the people they had are either get off the fire and do it. Or get ready to phone dart up. Behind you, I'm coming down. My name is Hugh Palmer.

People tell me running against Phil Graham is like, taking on Goliath. Well, I disagree. People wonder why Hugh Palmer would give up a secure spot in the state Senate to run for the US Senate seat held by Phil Graham. It's a real long shot. I think the question is, when the state has been able to take on Goliath, well, I disagree. People wonder why Hugh Palmer would give up a secure spot in the state Senate to run for the US Senate seat held by Phil Graham. The question is, when this guy's got $15 million to see spent $15 million by the time it's all over. And I have raised and spent maybe a million and a half. Normal political wisdom would tell you that getting outspent tend to one. You just don't have a chance. The fight would be tough against any incumbent. But Graham is one of the more popular and powerful congressmen from Texas. That makes Palmer's challenge look like a political suicide mission. One of the differences between me and a lot of politicians is over my life I have won and lost a number of elections. And so I don't have this sort of terminal fear of being defeated that most politicians have,

and that I think is the reason for the paralysis in Washington. State Senator, from former mayor of former Florida, former Texas State House Representative, a man who has served in the Johnson administration, Hugh Palmer. Thank you very much. It's nice to have all of you come out tonight. Give me an opportunity to do the thing I like to do best, which is that the one thing that the other side can't stand and that is to go around the state of Texas like I do until the truth about Phil Graham. Palmer has been traveling the state reciting a litany of what he considers Graham's voting sins. When you look at Graham's TV spot, just remember what you see on TV is not what reflects Graham's record. A hundred percent opposition to every penny for educating our kids.

Senator Graham has what we refer to as a mystery land and a mystery land on his financial statement. Instead of trying to balance this budget on the backs of middle class working Texans and sick old people, we ought to be sending the bill to Japan and Germany to pay for the cost of their own defense and that would save far more money than what they're talking about in Washington. Graham says his record like that of his party reflects financial responsibility. He shared that message with the party faithful at June's state Republican Convention in Fort Worth. What a difference leadership makes. In 10 years, we have gained control of the runaway growth of federal spending and the inflation which robbed an entire generation is a thing of the past. Graham's popularity has been tough to penetrate. Although fellow politicians say the junior senator from Brian is a reputed opportunist who takes credit for their work, Graham tells voters he has the president's ear and trust and should be returned to Washington to represent Texas.

While only a freshman senator, he helped Texas win homeboy to the super collider. Today he's working to keep them. Fighting drugs, balancing the budget, creating jobs. That's what Phil Graham is famous for. Back home, Phil's known as the man who's working and winning for Texas. America needs Phil Graham in the United States Senate. Phil Graham, common sense, uncommon curry. He knows how powerful he is and he is, I think he has his eye on running for president. And Hugh Palmer has said if he could do one thing in this election besides win, it would be to destroy Phil Graham's chances for running for president someday. And he's trying to do that by bringing out the SNL contributions for one thing that Senator Graham has had. Palmer hopes that linking Graham to the savings and loans scandal will tarnish Graham's image. People act like Phil Graham is some kind of 800 pound political gorilla. He's supposed to be some kind of political giant.

It's been tough for Palmer to focus much public or media interest in any of the issues. It doesn't help that since early in the campaign, Graham has been ignoring Palmer. You don't win elections by talking about your opponent. You win elections by talking about what you would like to do. And since I want to win this election, I figure I've lost his vote. But I'm not sure he's got anybody else's vote except his own. And I'm not trying to get all those other votes. I got to run. Graham has turned down media requests for one-on-one discussions with Palmer, deciding he and not the voters should determine who is a serious candidate in this race. We invited Senator Graham to join us tonight, but he declined saying Mr. Palmer is not a serious candidate, but rather a flake. Graham didn't mention the Libertarian candidate in this earth. How do you respond to that flake charge? I mean, you're flaking not serious. You're not viable. Oh, I think Senator Graham doesn't want to be here because he doesn't want to confront his record. Recent budget problems in Washington may have a trickle-down effect that will reach Texas.

The Bill forcing Congress to consider tax increases and spending cuts bears Graham's name. The resulting budget crisis is stirring up resentment among taxpayers and could touch even Phil Graham. It's difficult to measure, but I think we can see out there that there's something going on out in the voter land. This whole anti-incumbency feeling is going to be felt in his race. I'm Hugh Palmer, the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. People tell me they're tired of politicians that won't talk about it. Palmer plans to capitalize on the anti-incumbened mood. Calling 1-900-420-8890 helps Hugh Palmer with a $10 contribution. I never thought we'd raise more than a million and a half dollars from Texas, but I thought we'd get a million dollars from the Democratic Senate campaign committee, and I thought we'd probably raise another million dollars from people that are interested in the Democratic party outside of Texas. I mean, after all, I'm running against the Darth Vader of politics as far as Democrats are concerned.

But the anti-incumbened sentiment among voters has cheated Palmer of national campaign funding. So a lot of money that was scheduled to go to challengers just simply didn't. It got directed to the Democratic incumbents who were in difficulties, and we got several of them who are very marginal around the country. In the closing days of the campaign, Palmer is lucky to get two or three reporters at his frequent news conferences. I have a feeling that people are going to be rather surprised by how well I do, given the lack of financial resources that I have. But, you know, we'll know on election day.