{"id":893603,"date":"2021-10-18T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893603"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:14:26","slug":"deadline-time-running-down-for-mcconaughey-on-texas-governor-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadline-time-running-down-for-mcconaughey-on-texas-governor-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline: Time Running Down For McConaughey On Texas Governor Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeadline-time-running-down-for-mcconaughey-on-texas-governor-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>All right all right all right.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Matthew McConaughey is famously laid back. In his infamous car commercials, he speaks in riddle while leaning back in the comfy driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes you got to go back \u2026 to actually move forward, and I don\u2019t mean going back to reminisce, or chase ghosts, I mean going back to see where you came from, where you\u2019ve been, how you got here and see where you\u2019re going. I know there are those that say you can\u2019t go back. Yes, you can. You just have to look in the right place,\u201d he says in one commercial.<\/p>\n<p>But the mellowmeister better get it in gear if he plans to run for governor in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The filing deadline for the March 1 primary is December 13, about seven weeks from now. More over, his potential opponents have been raising cash for months, if not years.<\/p>\n<p>McConaughy has been making noises for months that he might run, stoking speculation. A recent poll shows the actor doing better than Democrat Beto O\u2019Rourke, another candidate for the governorship, and against current Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, beating Abbott 44-35%, according to the Dallas Morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/politics\/article\/texas-governor-race-abbott-beto-mcconaughey-16472881.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But some think McConaughey is just gaming the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe appears to be simply enjoying the publicity. It doesn\u2019t work that way. He needs to pick a party,\u201d said Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party, told Yahoo. \u201cNobody knows what this guy stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, said \u201cI\u2019m deeply skeptical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really interested unless he commits. If he\u2019s going to do it, he would do everyone a service by not stringing us along,\u201d Henson said, Yahoo reported.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, McConaughey said he is still \u201cmeasuring\u201d a potential gubernatorial run in Texas next year, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s going to be in some capacity. \u2026 I just \u2014 I\u2019m more of a folksy and philosopher-poet statesman than I am a, per se, definitive politician,\u201d McConaughey said on the \u201cSet\u200c \u200cit\u200c \u200cStraight:\u200c \u200cMyths\u200c \u200cand\u200c \u200cLegends\u201d podcast Tuesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/573521-matthew-mcconaughey-on-potential-political-run-im-measuring-it\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to The Hill. \u201cSo I go, well, that\u2019s a reason not to, but then I go, no, that\u2019s exactly why you should, because politics needs redefinition, but I\u2019m measuring, you know, what is my category? What\u2019s my embassy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the podcast, the hosts urged McConaughey \u2014 who has not declared a party affiliation but has sided often with Democrats, including on issues like gun control \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All right all right all right.Actor Matthew McConaughey is famously laid back. In his infamous car commercials, he speaks in riddle while leaning back in the comfy driver\u2019s seat.\u201cSometimes you got to go back \u2026 to actually move forward, and I don\u2019t mean going back to reminisce, or chase ghosts, I mean going back to see where you came from, where you\u2019ve been, how you got here and see where you\u2019re going. I know there are those that say you can\u2019t go back. Yes, you can. You just have to look in the right place,\u201d he says in one commercial.But the mellowmeister better get it in gear if he plans to run for governor in Texas.The filing deadline for the March 1 primary is December 13, about seven weeks from now. More over, his potential opponents have been raising cash for months, if not years.McConaughy has been making noises for months that he might run, stoking speculation. A recent poll shows the actor doing better than Democrat Beto O\u2019Rourke, another candidate for the governorship, and against current Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, beating Abbott 44-35%, according to the Dallas Morning News.But some think McConaughey is just gaming the system.\u201cHe appears to be simply enjoying the publicity. It doesn\u2019t work that way. He needs to pick a party,\u201d said Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party, told Yahoo. \u201cNobody knows what this guy stands for.\u201dJim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, said \u201cI\u2019m deeply skeptical.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m not really interested unless he commits. If he\u2019s going to do it, he would do everyone a service by not stringing us along,\u201d Henson said, Yahoo reported.Last month, McConaughey said he is still \u201cmeasuring\u201d a potential gubernatorial run in Texas next year, according to reports.\u201cLook, it\u2019s going to be in some capacity. \u2026 I just \u2014 I\u2019m more of a folksy and philosopher-poet statesman than I am a, per se, definitive politician,\u201d McConaughey said on the \u201cSet\u200c \u200cit\u200c \u200cStraight:\u200c \u200cMyths\u200c \u200cand\u200c \u200cLegends\u201d podcast Tuesday,\u00a0according\u00a0to The Hill. \u201cSo I go, well, that\u2019s a reason not to, but then I go, no, that\u2019s exactly why you should, because politics needs redefinition, but I\u2019m measuring, you know, what is my category? What\u2019s my embassy?\u201dOn the podcast, the hosts urged McConaughey \u2014 who has not declared a party affiliation but has sided often with Democrats, including on issues like gun control \u2014 to make a run.\u201cI have to remain an artist,\u201d he said, the Hill reported. \u201cI\u2019ve earned my right to enjoy that Saturday night part of life, that music part of life. It has to have music to it. You know what I mean. I\u2019m very good at being diligent, Monday morning, practical, structure, I\u2019m all of that. But I gotta\u2019 continue to be an artist in what I do.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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