The Texas Blue: News
Daily News Roundup, 1/22/08: An "Equity Correction" Of Startling Proportions
Tue, 01/22/2008 - 9:15am
The Federal Reserve's leadership doesn't want you to worry or anything, but before you woke up today they cut the federal funds rate by .75 percent. Their decision to do so may have had something to do with how yesterday's world markets ended up.
Persistence is Political Lesson from First Votes
By Chris Bell
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:00pm
Don’t give up. Most of us repeatedly share that advice with our children; now we have three real life examples to show why it’s so important.
The Mountaintop, The Promised Land
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:05am
We take time today as we do every year to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. King was a rarity in a time of great social upheaval in the United States, a leader behind whom legions would fall in line in pursuit of the noble goals of equality, and by extension, peace.
Daily News Roundup, 1/21/08: No More Years
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:20am
Did you feel a lightness come over your heart yesterday? It may have been because January 20 marked the beginning of George Bush's last year in office as president.
On The Record: Edmund Cogburn
Sun, 01/20/2008 - 2:00pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Edmund Cogburn, SDEC Parliamentarian for the Texas Democratic Party.
McCain Wins South Carolina
Sun, 01/20/2008 - 10:43am
After appearing to finish behind Ron Pal in Nevada, McCain balanced out his day by beating Huckabee and Thompson in South Carolina and winning the Republican primary there. Meanwhile, in Democratic Party news, even though Hillary Clinton clearly won Nevada by votes, the Obama campaign is arguing that they actually won because they ended up with one more delegate pledge than Clinton. You can get a current delegate tally here.
Clinton, Romney Win Nevada
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 4:45pm
Insert gambling reference here. Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are the projected winners of the Nevada caucuses in Nevada. You can catch the returns from both the Democratic and GOP caucuses here as they are tallied.
Running Elections is Hard
Sat, 01/19/2008 - 1:47pm
Republicans didn't exactly have a hotly contested race in Nevada but they still managed to fail at running the caucus with any degree of competency. On the Democratic side: When your state hasn't figured among high priority contests in forever and suddenly it becomes an early battleground state, people are going to need to know what a caucus actually is.
Texas Blue Mailbag, Week Of January 14
Fri, 01/18/2008 - 6:00pm
We cover a number of Republican fumbles in this week's Mailbag.
The Clinton Dialectic
By Josh Matlock
Fri, 01/18/2008 - 4:23pm
Prior to Iowa caucus results and the New Hampshire primary, the Democratic primary race evolved to a point where there were two fundamentally different competing dialogues. The Clinton camp was running on experience while Edwards and Obama were running on change.