The Texas Blue: News
The Bush Administration's Trojan Horse
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 10:30am
What are the chances that when you see a retired officer on the news acting as a military analyst they are actually a PR flak deployed by the Pentagon?
Swift Boats Lost At Sea
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 9:41am
TPMMuckraker reports that the Republican Party is in such electoral disarray that they can't even get their 527 message / swift boat-style attack groups coordinated, like Freedoms Watch. There are some dynamics at work here that I think are surprising, but indicative of the problems the GOP is having on the inside.
News Roundup, 4/21/2008: The Pennsylvania Primary is Tomorrow
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 8:46am
This is a time of year when political news is feast or famine. Even in our amped-up environment of high-powered presidential primaries that keep on keeping on there's been a long lull. That lull is about to snap: tomorrow we will have the Pennsylvania primary.
A Few Words on the Future of Texas Republicans
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 12:30pm
While I am not in the business of totally dismissing the Republican Party's chances of making waves, I don't know that I agree with the Chron's idea that Tom Craddick has been significantly buoyed by what's happened thus far in this election cycle. But there it is.
Also, here are two takes - one from the Dallas Morning News and one from the Star-Telegram - on Perry's decision to run again.
On The Record: Paul Harper
Sun, 04/20/2008 - 10:34am
For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Paul Harper, County Chair for the Somervell County Democratic Party.
Down The Stretch
Sat, 04/19/2008 - 1:01am
Well, dear readers, we're officially into the final weekend before Pennsylvania votes on Tuesday. Thanks to the hit job/talk radio's greatest hits/debate/farce that ABC put on earlier this week, the traditional media is abuzz with all the important issues like flag pins, whether or not Reverend Jeremiah Wright loves America (he is still not running for office, in case you were curious) and what happened on that runway at Tuzla instead of those boring old issues like the economy, foreign policy and health care.
The Pope Is Here; Tom Tancredo Is Not Pleased
Fri, 04/18/2008 - 2:15pm
Pope Benedict XVI is wrapping up his first trip to the United States as Pontiff this weekend. This morning he addressed the United Nations and this afternoon he became the first Pope to visit an American synagogue. Besides being the first foreign leader to be greeted at Andrews Air Force Base personally by President Bush, the Pontiff has also held mass at a packed Yankee Stadium and a packed Nationals Park (the Washington Nationals' new ballpark).
Time's A-Wastin'
Fri, 04/18/2008 - 2:00pm
Howard Dean is trying to put The Fear into the superdelegates that remain uncommitted, saying he needs their decision as of immediately.
Running For Congress - You're Doing It Wrong
Fri, 04/18/2008 - 1:22pm
When I'm telling potential candidates the kind of stuff they have to do in order to get elected, I often talk about earned media. Earned media is where you do stuff and the media reports on it, getting you in the paper without having to pay for it. A felony burglary charge, however, is the wrong kind of earned media.
O'Reilly "Fairly" Attacks Both Democrats In Show of "Balance"
Fri, 04/18/2008 - 1:07pm
Finally, we have an answer to what Fox News actually means when they say they're fair and balanced!