The Texas Blue: News
A Good Point, and a True Story
Wed, 12/12/2007 - 4:31pm
Have you seen this man?
The Texas Democratic Party is running a series of releases featuring Senator John Cornyn as the Grinch called "The Twelve Days of Cornyn."
Hey Politico: Republican Governance Will Haunt Republicans
By Josh Matlock
Wed, 12/12/2007 - 1:31pm
Politico’s Mike Allen and Ben Smith decided to engage in a little Faux News-esque hatchet work with a tortured attempt to convince their readers that Obama is too liberal to win the general election. Allen and Smith’s lame story hinges on a 1996 questionnaire an Obama campaign staffer completed during his run for state office in Illinois. They claim some of his answers will assuredly provide Republicans ammunition for their ol’ antiquated wedge issue arsenal come election time.
Daily News Roundup, 12/12/07: D.C. Thunderdome: Obey Takes On Bush
Wed, 12/12/2007 - 10:36am
There's an all-out war erupting between Congress and the White House over the appropriations bills which are to fund government for the next year.
TPA Roundup, Week of 12/02/07
Tue, 12/11/2007 - 9:28pm
It is time once again for the Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Roundup. We also share some results from the TPA's Texan of the Year awards.
The Congressional Race in CD10 (Part I)
Tue, 12/11/2007 - 4:26pm
An interesting Democratic primary campaign is shaping up in Congressional District 10, with Larry Joe Doherty and Dan Grant fighting for the right to face 2nd-term Republican incumbent Michael McCaul in November.
The Weathered Campaign
Tue, 12/11/2007 - 11:58am
You've done the advance work. You've called everyone. You've invested campaign time and campaign money into putting together several days' worth of events.
Source: ahhyeah's photostream, flickr
Then an ice storm ruins everything. Now what?
Daily News Roundup, 12/11/07: Are You Ready For Some House Regulated Industries Committee Hearings?!
Tue, 12/11/2007 - 8:11am
All my rowdy friends are coming over to see Phil King rule that the state doesn't have jurisdiction over this business-to-business dispute. Jerry Jones and Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL, were in Austin yesterday to make their respective cases about whether the NFL Network should be available on basic cable or if it should be some sort of premium charge.
Celebrity Worship Could Decide Who Wins Presidency
By Chris Bell
Mon, 12/10/2007 - 11:00am
It’s a battle of titans.
Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey are squaring off in Iowa, the former for his wife, Hillary, the latter for her chosen one, Barack Obama. They are so familiar to the American people that most simply refer to both by their first names (well, Democrats refer to Bill Clinton by his first name; Republicans have other monikers they prefer).
Daily News Roundup, 12/10/07: Early Voting, Again
Mon, 12/10/2007 - 8:00am
Early voting is underway in the House District 97 special election in Tarrant County.