The Texas Blue: News
Boston Tells Huckabee to Knock It Off
Sun, 02/17/2008 - 1:18pm
Mike Huckabee, from time to time, plays Boston's "More Than A Feeling" at campaign events. Boston's lead singer and songwriter, Tom Scholz, would really like him to quit it. It figures: all this talk about change and the future in Democratic politics while Republican arguments are largely about who can reclaim Reagan's mantle, and Reagan was the GOP King Of The Eighties; and here, on a really slow news weekend, a big story is about something from 1976 and Huckabee's failure to appropriate that for himself.
Some Endorsement News
Sun, 02/17/2008 - 10:20am
McCain picks up some much-needed conservative cred with an endorsement from Bush 41. Texas State House Democratic Caucus Leader Jim Dunnam also endorsed as promised, and his nod went to Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
Running On Fumes
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 4:01pm
The Texas GOP has filed a records request to gain access to Lt. Col. Rick Noriega's military records. The National Guard Lt. Col. and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate denied the Texas GOP's request, stating instead that he will release his military records to all Texans in the coming weeks.
New York Times to Cut Newsroom Jobs
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 3:41pm
This is a bummer. The Times executive editor Bill Keller has announced that newsroom staff will be reduced by 100, out of a little more than 1000 employees total. The good news, if you can call it that, is that the reductions will be made first “by not filling jobs that go vacant, by offering buyouts, and if necessary by layoffs,” according to Keffer. So I guess that's at least better than dropping the axe and kicking out 100 of your close and personals.
Rosenthal Resigns
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 2:48pm
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned his post today. He has had some trouble recently over a few hundred errant emails, among other things. The Houston Chronicle's Peggy O'Hare has the story.
On The Record: Karen Guerra
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 2:19pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Karen Guerra, the Democratic candidate for judge in the 16th District Court, Denton County.
Jaworski Coming to a TV Near You
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 2:01pm
Joe Jaworski has a really sharp ad ready to roll out on Tuesday for the start of early primary voting. Video after the jump.
More Texas Delegate Math
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 10:21am
The Houston Chronicle's Rick Casey presents a few interesting scenarios for Texas on March 4th. Among them: someone could win the popular vote but because of senate district breakdown, lose on delegates. For campaign professionals, the mind must quail at the possibilities.
No More Mr. Nice Huck
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 10:09am
Rather than just hinting at it between comments about miracles and squirrels, Mike Huckabee is now painting Texas as a battleground from which he will launch himself into the middle of a brokered Republican convention. It was apparently not enough for Huckabee to self-identify with conservatives; now he has taken up the flaming sword and pledged to carry it all the way home, possibly dampening talk of a third party candidate in the process.
It Begins
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 9:27am
John McCain, newly minted presumptive Republican nominee for President, decides that maybe he isn't really opposed to torture after all and votes against banning it.