The Texas Blue: News
A Nice Self-Aware Moment
Thu, 05/29/2008 - 3:04pm
Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn said yesterday that, because the GOP has abandoned fiscal responsibility, they will not only lose seats in the Senate in November, but that they deserve to lose seats in the Senate.
Et Tu, Mike Turk?
Thu, 05/29/2008 - 2:15pm
A former Bush staffer (get this, a Republican technologist / eCampaign director, live and in the wild) comes to McClellan's defense, saying that he's more or less being punished for telling the truth.
Farmers Branch Ordinance Unconstitutional (Again)
Thu, 05/29/2008 - 10:30am
In case you missed it, the Farmers Branch city council is still trying to figure out how to make their unconstitutional city ordinance that turns apartment staffers into ICE agents work, and US District Judge Sam Lindsay has told them once again that it won't.
SBOE Fireworks, More To Come
Thu, 05/29/2008 - 5:04am
Last Friday, the State Board of Education met to discuss something that had become a much more controversial topic than many imagined: English and reading standards. What made the topic and the meeting particularly controversial is that the standards that were adopted in a 9-6 vote were only seen by most SBOE members little more than an hour before the meeting!
Faith In Texas Online
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 3:11pm
Regular contributor Chris Bell announced today that the website for his project, Faith In Texas, is now online. Go have a look.
Secretary Kerry? Maybe?
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 2:15pm
The Associated Press has an interesting situation for you to consider — in a new Democratic administration, could John Kerry be a possible contender for Secretary of State?
When The Going Gets Weird
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 12:32pm
Barry Nolan's story is one you might not be familiar with, but he is a long-serving journalist who was recently fired by Comcast for publicly protesting a planned Emmy Award honor that was winging its way to one Bill O'Reilly.
Six Days Out
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:02am
As the Democratic Primary comes to a conclusion, the new media focus will inevitably shift entirely to superdelegates. Just over 200 of them have yet to endorse a candidate as of this morning. If you are interested in keeping up with the superdelegates (or maybe collecting them and trading them with your friends), you may find this well-tended list quite useful.
Scott McClellan In: Off The Reservation
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 8:41am
I struggled with what to title this, but "Scott McClellan Loses His Mind" didn't seem to fit. Maybe what he's doing is entirely logical and isn't insane at all, even though it is highly irregular. McClellan has dropped a new book that reportedly describes the entire drive to war by the Bush administration wholly as a "political propaganda campaign."
The Leaderless GOP Senate Caucus
Tue, 05/27/2008 - 4:30pm
Politico has an interesting piece up about how some recent votes in the Senate show that no one is running the store on the GOP side. We learned today that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has his own problems to worry about back home in Kentucky, so he isn't likely to be much of a guiding influence before November. As much as I've hollered about the schism at the top of the national Republican Party, I didn't expect it to be so overt, so obvious, so soon.