The Texas Blue: News
Who Controls Homeland Security?
By Peter Stern
Mon, 05/07/2007 - 1:17pm
The Bush administration's exploits in Washington are negatively affecting various state governments, and nowhere is this observed more clearly than in Texas, the President's self-proclaimed home state. Currently, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who was re-elected by a mere 39 percent of total votes, is forging ahead with a power play, a la George Walker Bush, that will "shock and awe" most Texans. It will also endanger their civil rights and liberties.
Monday Roundup: Midnight Mitt
Mon, 05/07/2007 - 8:06am
I know this isn't the first time, and that various candidates have run commercials in the previous weeks, but it really hit home for me last night when at close to 1 AM during a rerun of Meet The Press, I saw a campaign commercial for Mitt Romney. We are through the looking glass, people. I had been thinking that all of this was getting underway a little early, but now the reality of the 2008 election has come to my very doorstep.
On The Record: Terrysa Guerra
Sun, 05/06/2007 - 11:02am
For this episode of On The Record, we interview Terrysa Guerra, the newest field staff member for the Texas Democratic Party.
Texas Blue Mailbag: Week of 4/29/07
Fri, 05/04/2007 - 3:28pm
Welcome back to our newest feature, the Texas Blue Mailbag! For those of you that missed the first-ever Mailbag last week, this is where we take the opportunity to answer the emails you, our readers, send us, your humble editors. Send your questions or comments to info@thetexasblue.com, and we'll put it in the next edition of the Mailbag along with some witty, yet insightful, commentary. (Or perhaps I'll reply instead — who knows?)
Homeland Security and the Very Bad Steve
Fri, 05/04/2007 - 10:45am
State Representative (and friend of the show) Rick Noriega hands out some beatdown to state Homeland Security director Steve McCraw over border security. Seriously, Steve, what did you expect?
Bill Tracker: SB 105 North Texas Law School
By Karl Lynch
Fri, 05/04/2007 - 8:31am
Early on in this legislative session I talked about SB 105 that would create a new law school in Dallas. I wanted to track the bill’s progress.
Friday Roundup: Sudden Fraud!
Fri, 05/04/2007 - 8:23am
There is a great deal of news in a week that seems to have been loaded towards the rear with significant findings and happenings. The first thing I want to mention is this story from various Texas media outlets only one media outlet (Thanks, PDiddie) about a mysteriously-timed discovery of voter fraud and some analysis and discussion at the Burnt Orange Report.
On The Record: Joy Demark
Thu, 05/03/2007 - 3:01pm
For this edition of On The Record, we talk with Joy Demark, SDEC Committeewoman for Senate District 7.
State Senate: Kuff breaks it down
Thu, 05/03/2007 - 1:28pm
Via Burnt Orange Report, I heard about some work from Charles Kuffner, who enjoys putting together numbers on a variety of races. In a piece entitled Targeting 2008: State Senate, Kuff points out that some Republican state senators may be vulnerable to strong challenges, or at the very least don't seem totally rock solid.
At long last, they have no decency...
By David Gurney
Thu, 05/03/2007 - 11:22am
Everyone on our side of the aisle has heard them: Republican accusations that we don't support our troops. I have a question for my right-wing counterparts: what does supporting our troops mean?