The Texas Blue: News
On The Record: Russell Langley
Sun, 12/16/2007 - 1:00pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Russell Langley, an attorney and political consultant.
Big Endorsements for Clinton, Obama, McCain
Sun, 12/16/2007 - 10:07am
The first big newspaper endorsements are out, and on the GOP side they are a tad surprising. The Democratic endorsements split between the top two in the top tier — the Boston Globe endorsed Barack Obama and the Des Moines Register endorsed Hillary Clinton. The Republican endorsement from the Globe? John McCain. For the Register? John McCain. What's going on here?
Abott And The Non-Opinion
Sat, 12/15/2007 - 11:09am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott waited until the last minute and the very best (read: least covered) part of the news cycle to issue his opinion on Tom Craddick's behavior during the last session and how powerful the Speaker actually is. That opinion largely avoided those topics, instead agreeing with Craddick on procedural matters. You can catch the pdf here and Harvey Kronberg's updates here.
Texas Blue Mailbag, Week of 12/09/2007
Fri, 12/14/2007 - 8:10pm
This Mailbag deals with figures we've seen often in the news this week, such as Chris Comer, Dana Perino, and Mike Huckabee.
The Congressional Race in CD10 (Part II)
Fri, 12/14/2007 - 5:18pm
As promised, here is a profile of the two declared Democratic candidates for Congress in CD10, Larry Joe Doherty (www.larryjoe.com) and Dan Grant (www.dangrantforcongress.com).
TPA Texan(s) Of The Year
Fri, 12/14/2007 - 3:41pm
OK, OK, we all know you've been waiting with bated breath for the announcement of this year's Texas Progressive Alliance Texan of the Year award. Ready for it?
Daily News Roundup, 12/14/07: The Nice List
Fri, 12/14/2007 - 8:08am
If the Republicans played nice on Wednesday, the Democrats took it to the next level of nice in yesterday's debate.
On The Record: Hector Nieto
Thu, 12/13/2007 - 2:08pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Hector Nieto, the Deputy Communications Director for the Texas Democratic Party and former legislative director for Texas Representative Rafael Anchia.
Iowa Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate: The LiveBlog
Thu, 12/13/2007 - 12:54pm
Well, it's about that time: today is the last Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses. After yesterday's, um, "calm" Republican debate, many are wondering if we'll be seeing the same today.
The debate will be airing in just a few minutes, at 1 p.m. Central time, on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN 3, some PBS stations, and Bob's Crab Shack and Auto Repair. OK, I kid about that last one. Tune in, or follow along here as I update this thread with our up-to-the-minute play-by-play you've come to expect of our debate coverage. EDIT: As before, our analysis follows.
Daily News Roundup, 12/13/07: Playing Nice For The Holidays
Thu, 12/13/2007 - 9:53am
Remembering that Iowa voters have a history of being turned off by negative, direct, rhetorical fist-on-face contact, the Republican field (now with more Alan Keyes!) debated for the final time before the Iowa caucus yesterday afternoon and took it nice and easy on each other.