By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
BROWNSVILLE, Texas | At this point in the fledgling campaign, hers is the proverbial slice of sponge cake grabbed off a picnic basket at the beach. Ho hum, yes. Waiting on the spectacular after-dinner pecan pie, with the scoop of primo vanilla ice cream and a big, red cherry on top.
Perhaps that's 34th Congressional District underdog candidate Laura E. Cisneros in a munchies nutshell. She's not tossing political bombs; she's not making waves. She's just nibbling on sponge cake.
Early grade: Zero, Nada, Zilch.
She arrives this time - after losing the same race once before - as a Republican, however.
Yep. She's the latest to go for the Ol' switcheroo, often a loser move. But, no, no...Miss Cisneros should not be mistaken for a crafty, smart politician. She's not that. She's a medical doctor, an oncologist diagnosing and treating cancer, as in tumors.
To expect a freakin' Margaret Thatcher out of her is to be stupid.
Miss Cisneros will not win this go-round, either. As a Republican, she would have to take down firebrand Mayra Flores and maybe even former Cameron County Judge, ex-Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos!
Not happening. Nope. Not a chance in Vegas.
Her thin political resume includes that Democratic Party primary loss last year to 34th Congressional District incumbent Vicente Gonzalez, who mopped the Election Night floor with her, winning 64% to 23%, or 23,531 votes to 8,456.
That was what they call in pro boxing a "No contest," or a general, one-sided fight.
We at The Sun don't see her doing much of anything that would indicate she's taking a different tack as a Republican. Mayra Flores has claimed the loudmouth style and Cascos will likely stake his lot to the statesman one. Not much left for Dr. Laura E. Cisneros.
Oddly, for political purposes, there isn't much about her online.
We did find this, but it really says nothing about her flirtation with politics: [ Dr. Laura E. Cisneros (Cisneros) is an oncologist in Harlingen, Texas and is affiliated with Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen. She received her medical degree from Autonomous University of Tamaulipas Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. ]
Well, okay on that.
We tried reaching her to no avail. Perhaps we'll hear from her as the campaign unfolds, not that we expect any earth-shaking news or commentary from her. She's simply not where Mayra Flores is and not where Carlos Cascos will be on Day One of his campaign, which we do expect, by the way.
Sometimes, as Howard Cosell might say about here, you have to tell it like it is.
As a candidate for the U.S. Congress, Dr. Laura E. Cisneros underwhelms us...
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