Who is this Leticia Van de Putte anyway?

She is a state senator from San Antonio and is someone you might be hearing a lot more about in the coming months. Right now, a lot of Democrats are none too happy over the two persons who have announced they are running for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2010. First, there's Tom Scheiffer, who many (including me) identify too closely with George W. Bush (they were partners together in the Texas Rangers baseball club and Schieffer was a Bush appointee as an ambassador). Second, there's Kinky Friedman who, for some reason, is taking all the fun of out his last campaign to try his hand as a serious (read that "dull, predictable") candidate. So the name many Democrats are floating around right now is that of Leticia Van de Putte.

And what is her reaction to all this? Well, she certainly isn't trying to curtail the talk. In fact, according to this story that appeared earlier this year, she should be announcing her intentions just about anytime now.