The Texas Blue: News
Pending (Electoral) Doom
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 3:53pm
Chuck Todd is an astute political analyst that works for MSNBC, and we're all big fans. For your Friday reading pleasure (or chagrin), you could do worse than to check out his projection that the losing party in the race for the presidency is headed for some serious internal turmoil.
Rick Perry's Charm Offensive
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 3:40pm
If you're an elected official, you may not have received much affection from Rick Perry over the years unless you were top-line and really important. Now, facing a run for a third term coming off a 39 percent win in 2006, Rick Perry is changing his tune.
On The Record: Bob Coker
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 2:45pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Bob Coker, County Chair of the Hall County Democratic Party.
News Roundup, 5/23/08: An Empty (Veto) Threat
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 9:45am
The Bush White House can continue playing offense, but it is growing increasingly clearer that all his players are leaving the field.
First Hagee, Now Parsley
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 8:43am
Senator John McCain continued his Spring cleaning of his campaign last night by rejecting the endorsement of John Hagee after some of Hagee's millennialist fundamentalist ideas about Israel became a news topic. Hot on the heels of throwing Hagee overboard, McCain has now dumped the endorsement of Ohio fundamentalist Rod Parsley.
Hagee Returns
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 5:30pm
The Hagee story wouldn't die, so John McCain is now rejecting the controversial San Antonio televangelist's endorsement three months after the fact.
Karl Rove Subpoenaed
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 3:57pm
In an ongoing investigation of the US Attorney firing scandal, Karl Rove was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee in a direct effort to compel testimony over his role in the matter, and no doubt about what the White House was up to.
Chasing The Dream
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 2:00pm
Now that the Democratic primary is coming to a close, speculation about the possibility of a Dream Ticket has picked up again.
Bill White's New Environmental Battle
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 1:00pm
After targeting corporations that pollute the air in Houston on several fronts, Mayor Bill White is now expanding the focus to include the state agency that hands out the permits to those companies in the first place.
Iraq Spending Bill a Defeat for Bush
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 12:15pm
President Bush has consistently said he didn't want to see funding for domestic programs attached to the Iraq and Afghanistan war spending bill. In many cases this would have prompted Senate Republicans to fall in line and vote against anything that seemed out of bounds as per what the White House was after. Today was different, in that plenty of Senate Republicans voted in favor of appropriations to aid veterans and the unemployed, as well as several other domestic programs. The measure passed 75-22.