The Texas Blue: News
A Bad Idea In Any Form
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 3:34pm
I often argue against the privatization of health care. The general theme behind those criticisms is that if health care becomes a wholly corporate matter rather than a reflection of societal responsibility, the pursuit of health care provision in this country will focus on profits even more than it already does. That state governments are finding private Medicare insurance to be problematic, insufficient, and of little or no use to their citizens is a prime indicator that there might be something to my argument after all.
War, Oil, Etc.
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 3:02pm
I forgot to mention - did you see this on Hardball, when John McCain implied we went to war in the Middle East over oil?
Differing Stories on Iraq and Iran
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 2:44pm
The New York Times and McClatchy cannot seem to agree on whether Iran and Hezbollah are arming and training Iraqi insurgents. Hmm. This bears watching.
Rasmussen: Cornyn 47% Noriega 43%
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 2:41pm
Rasmussen has a poll on our very own Texas Senate race out today that shows incumbent Junior Senator John Cornyn at 47% and Democratic challenger Rick Noriega at 43%.
Not As Bad As You Think It Is
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 1:15pm
Fareed Zakaria discusses his new book "The Post-American World" in the context of whether the world is as dangerous as we think it is. It is worth considering.
News Roundup, 5/5/2008: Tomorrow Brings Yet Another Primary
Mon, 05/05/2008 - 9:57am
This weekend gave you Guam and an R-to-D district flip in Louisiana. Who could ask for anything more?
Another Red-To-Blue
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 5:01pm
Despite the best Republican efforts to tie Democratic State Representative Don Cazayoux to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the voters of Louisiana's 6th Congressional District saw through the spin yesterday. Cazayoux defeated former Republican State Representative Woody Jenkins 49%-46% in a special election runoff to replace outgoing Republican Representative Richard Baker who resigned to work as a lobbyist.
On The Record: Janelle Rath
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 12:40pm
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Janelle Rath, County Chair for Bandera County.
I Left My Heart In Guam
Sun, 05/04/2008 - 9:51am
Leave it to this Democratic primary to provide an all-nighter nail-biter in Guam: the eight pledged delegates carrying half a vote each to Colorado will be split after Obama won the caucus by the enormous margin of seven votes.