The Texas Blue: News
An Oklahoma Challenge to Inhofe?
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 10:00am
Draft movements for Senate races abound - RunAndrewRun.com and many other Oklahoma Democrats may have convinced state Senator Andrew Rice to mount up a challenge.
Texas Blue Mailbag: Week 08/05/07
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 2:15pm
Jon Stewart for President? Publicy-financed campaigns? What is this, some sort of liberal website?
When Making The Grade Means Failing Texas
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 2:11pm
The Heritage Alliance, an organization dedicated to "equipping conservative Texans to impact politics and the Texas Legislature", released their scorecards for the 2007 Lege session earlier this week.
Primarily, An Iowa Update
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 11:22am
Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa, says that if he has to change state law to keep Iowa's caucus first — and in 2008 — then he will.
Friday Roundup: Maybe These Debates Aren't So Bad After All
Fri, 08/10/2007 - 7:00am
The Democratic presidential candidates didn't quite have a debate last night. Instead, the Logo candidate forum on GLBT issues sponsored by MTV Networks' Logo channel and the Human Rights Campaign was just that: a forum in which each candidate got around 15 minutes to take questions from the panel and from viewers.
On The Record: Steve Tillery
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 1:00pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Steve Tillery, the Committeeman for Senate District 2 and the Executive Director for the Dallas County Democratic Party.
The Primary Primary
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 10:54am
South Carolina Republicans moved their presidential primary to January 19, creating a chain reaction among other early primary states. Get ready - you might see the first votes in 2008's presidential election cast in 2007.
Thursday Roundup: Dems Unite - Well, Not Really
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 7:00am
Boy, I'd love for this to not be the lead story: The Hill covered a story that you can also find in just about every other major media outlet, discussing how Democrats are split on what to do about Iraq.
Actual Texas Political News
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 3:21pm
We've reached that part of the summer where not much is shaking. The Lege is out of session (and not yet in a special session, if that's going to happen), and it's the wrong summer for much campaign news to be happening outside of the presidential variety. In the last few days, though, there have been a few developments here at home concerning some state rep races and Senate District 10 in Tarrant County, where Republican State Senator Kim Brimer might be vulnerable.
State Institutions: Still A Long Way To Go
Wed, 08/08/2007 - 1:48pm
Among Senator Robert Kennedy's social justice causes were the rights of people with disabilities — initially emanating from his experiences with his own sister Rosemary. It also extended to the then-radical concept that people with disabilities needed deinstitutionalization, that those who could would come out of mammoth state institutions and live among the general population to the greatest extent possible. The standards and practices of state mental health facilities were long in need of a major overhaul.