The Texas Blue: News
Go Vote!
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 8:50am
Over 42% of registered Texans voted early. This means two things: The election is nearly guaranteed to shatter all previous turnout records, and lines in many places may be shorter than you think. Never a better time to vote on Election Day!
Some Harris County voting locations are observing that as many as two of every three voters are in the wrong voting location. So look up your voting location before heading out to vote. You can often find out your voting location at your county's elections website, or you can try one of the links in our handy-dandy "Where Do I Vote?" section.
Kay Bailey Hutchison Punts on Ted Stevens
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 1:03pm
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the number three Republican in the Senate, had the following to say about convicted felon Ted Stevens (R-AK):
On The Take In The Land Of 10,000 Lakes?
Fri, 10/31/2008 - 2:26pm
Question: What do you get when you combine a hotly-contested Senate race with a litigious incumbent whose wife was mentioned in a Texas lawsuit over financial impropriety on an insurance payment? You get a Texas Blue news item!
Fred Baron, 61, Dies of Cancer
Thu, 10/30/2008 - 7:03pm
Dallas trial lawyer and Democratic luminary Fred Baron passed away today of complications from bone marrow cancer. Baron was 61.
Tom DeLay Summarizes the Republican View of Obama on Hardball
Thu, 10/30/2008 - 8:00am
Tom DeLay found some time in his busy schedule of blogging and astroturfing to appear on MSNBC's Hardball, and he managed to once again provide the same level of popcorn-throwing entertainment that Houstonians loved for so many years.
Some Revealing Polling From UT
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:56pm
Via the Statesman's excellent Postcards from the Lege blog, there's a new poll due to be released tomorrow from the University of Texas' Politics Project and Department of Government that takes the pulse of 550 registered Texas voters from mid-October on a couple of races and couple of interesting topics.
Houston Chronicle Poll: Bill White beats Perry and Hutchison for Governor (in Harris County)
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 4:00pm
My hometown paper recently commissioned a poll in which they found that Houston Mayor Bill White would beat Perry and Hutchison in 2010 among voters in Harris County. He beats Perry 61-28 and Hutchison 53-33. White, a former Clinton appointee and head of the Texas Democratic Party, is currently serving in a non-partisan capacity.
If You Can't Laugh at Yourself...
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 3:30pm
Knowing how to laugh at or with your own is invaluable in modern politics, and is something conservatives just cannot do. I had to smile when I read this mild jab at the rhetorical stylings of Joe Biden from FiveThirtyEight's analysis of Delaware in their Road to 270 series, a state-by-state analysis of the presidential race and some of the bigger downballots.
Stevens Conviction Puts Us One Step Closer to 60
Tue, 10/28/2008 - 1:44pm
Ted Stevens' conviction on all charges has the salutary effect of putting us one seat closer to filibuster-proof control of the Senate.
Making Sense of the National Polls
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 10:01am
National polling numbers are all over the place right now, from Pew (which have Obama up by 14) to AP (Obama by 1). Their raw numbers, however, aren't all that far apart. The major difference between the polls is in their methodology.