Post by Samantha Rockwood on Apr 20, 2008 21:16:25 GMT -5
Name: Samantha Marie Rockwood
Age: 47
Political Party: Republican
State/Senate Seat: Senior Seat, Texas
Samantha Marie Rockwood was born in Austin, Texas to the popular Democratic Governor Kenneth James Rockwood, a member of Lyndon Johnson's inner circle and former US Congressman. She was raised in a very affluent family, her mother was a heiress to an oil fortune and she attended the finest schools in Texas and spent her childhood dreaming of being a teacher and graduated high school at the age of 16. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a Bachelor’s Degree in History and became part of the Reagan Revolution, much to the disappointment of her father. She then attended Yale Law School and became an early member of The Federalist Society and gained a reputation as a brilliant and defiant young woman, often engaging her professors in heated debates. After Law School, she traveled Europe and spent two years in Paris studying constitutionalism. She returned in 1987 to work in Reagan’s justice department but when Bush was elected she decided to move back to Texas and involve herself in local politics. In 1990 she ran for the Texas House of Representatives in the 47th district and won by a landslide margin. She stayed for three years and helped to introduce an Omnibus Farm Bill and an ethics reform bill. In 1993 she ran in a special election to replace Senator Lloyd Bentsen and then won re-election in 1994. Over time, she became a well respected and powerful member of the senate. She worked to blunt the effect that the more radical wing of her party had on polarizing the senate. Rockwood ran successfully for re-election in 2000 and was a strong supporter of George W. Bush, however, when Bush decided to invade Iraq, she did not think the evidence was sufficient to warrant an invasion and became an ardent opponent of the war alongside her colleague, Chuck Hagel. In 2004 she reluctantly decided to campaign for Bush but cancelled her events after the swift boat controversy, and declared their attacks “despicable and unpatriotic deviations from what politics should be”. She remained relatively silent on her mistrust of Bush after his re-election and she seemed to fade from popular view. When she was reelected in 2006 again, she took a more visible position of opposition, working with democrats and maverick republicans on a campaign finance reform bill. Despite her public image as a maverick, she is anti-tax, pro-life, pro-business, and pro-defense. She has recently been touted as a presidential candidate in 2008, but has said unequivocally she has no intention of leaving her senate seat.
Age: 47
Political Party: Republican
State/Senate Seat: Senior Seat, Texas
Samantha Marie Rockwood was born in Austin, Texas to the popular Democratic Governor Kenneth James Rockwood, a member of Lyndon Johnson's inner circle and former US Congressman. She was raised in a very affluent family, her mother was a heiress to an oil fortune and she attended the finest schools in Texas and spent her childhood dreaming of being a teacher and graduated high school at the age of 16. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a Bachelor’s Degree in History and became part of the Reagan Revolution, much to the disappointment of her father. She then attended Yale Law School and became an early member of The Federalist Society and gained a reputation as a brilliant and defiant young woman, often engaging her professors in heated debates. After Law School, she traveled Europe and spent two years in Paris studying constitutionalism. She returned in 1987 to work in Reagan’s justice department but when Bush was elected she decided to move back to Texas and involve herself in local politics. In 1990 she ran for the Texas House of Representatives in the 47th district and won by a landslide margin. She stayed for three years and helped to introduce an Omnibus Farm Bill and an ethics reform bill. In 1993 she ran in a special election to replace Senator Lloyd Bentsen and then won re-election in 1994. Over time, she became a well respected and powerful member of the senate. She worked to blunt the effect that the more radical wing of her party had on polarizing the senate. Rockwood ran successfully for re-election in 2000 and was a strong supporter of George W. Bush, however, when Bush decided to invade Iraq, she did not think the evidence was sufficient to warrant an invasion and became an ardent opponent of the war alongside her colleague, Chuck Hagel. In 2004 she reluctantly decided to campaign for Bush but cancelled her events after the swift boat controversy, and declared their attacks “despicable and unpatriotic deviations from what politics should be”. She remained relatively silent on her mistrust of Bush after his re-election and she seemed to fade from popular view. When she was reelected in 2006 again, she took a more visible position of opposition, working with democrats and maverick republicans on a campaign finance reform bill. Despite her public image as a maverick, she is anti-tax, pro-life, pro-business, and pro-defense. She has recently been touted as a presidential candidate in 2008, but has said unequivocally she has no intention of leaving her senate seat.
