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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Reports of the Tea Party’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
There have been a lot of wishful thinking thumbsucker pieces from liberal media outlets proclaiming that the Tea Party is done, finished, a spent force. (Here’s an example.) And indeed, those looking only at some top-line races in Texas (like … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Bennett Ratliff, Dan Patrick, Don Huffines, Joe Straus, Linda Harper-Brown, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Republicans, Tea Party, Texas
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LinkSwarm for March 10, 2014
Time for another LinkSwarm, sweeping up all the news that was happening while I was churning out Texas primary news: “The uninsured just aren’t buying ObamaCare.” A not-so-short compendium of all the people Harry Reid is calling a liar. ObamaCare … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad, ObamaCare, Texas, video, Welfare State
Tagged 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Alan Grayson, Bill De Blasio, Crime, Critical Race Theory, Democrats, Detroit, education, election, France, Iran, Ireland, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu, New York City, Nigeria, ObamaCare, Ukraine, video
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In Which Ace of Spades HQ Declares War on your 23″ Monitor to Show Why Wendy Davis Can’t Win
Ace of Spades, showing considerable time, effort, and a somewhat shaky grasp of MS Paint, has produced a single, superginormous .PNG that will annoy everyone without a 30″ Apple Cinema Display that shows, in great detail, why Wendy Davis is … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2010 Election, 2014 Election, Ace of Spades, Ann Richards, Bill White, Clayton Williams, Rick Perry, Texas, Wendy Davis
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Hilderbran Withdraws, Hegar Advances
When last we checked, Glenn Hegar was on the edge of winning the Republican nomination for Comptroller outright, but he ended up garnering a frustrating 49.99% of the vote. Thankfully, primary opponent Harvey Hilderbran has aceeded to reality and announced … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Elections, Glenn Hegar, Harvey Hilderbran, Republicans, Texas
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Cost Per Vote for the Texas Primary
The Texas Tribune has a fascinating chart up showing the cost per vote for Texas races. A few highlight: Wendy Davis spent $4,172,161.26 to garner 432,056 votes, or $9.66 a vote. Greg Abbott spent $8,109,379.17 to garner 1,219,831 votes, or … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Chart Westcott, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, fundraising, Greg Abbott, Joe Straus, Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis
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Instead of Actual Content…
…enjoy a Golden Retriever nodding its head in time to the music: There may or may not be any real content today, as it’s a Stuff Needs To Be Done day. But certainly I’ll have something tomorrow at the latest…
WILLisms Breaks Down Democratic Turnout Failure
Will Franklin has an interesting piece up detailing just how poorly Democrats did in primary turnout on Tuesday, noting that both the Democratic Party total, and Wendy Davis’ numbers compared to Bill White, were down significantly from 2010. By contrast, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, Bill White, Elections, Greg Abbott, Texas, Wendy Davis, WILLisms
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A Quick Overview of Primary Results
A very brief look at last night’s primary results: John Cornyn won, but couldn’t break 60% against a field of underfunded challengers. The Democratic Senate runoff is going to be between the big-spender David Alameel and the LaRouche candidate Kesha … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, Dan Branch, Dan Patrick, David Alameel, David Dewhurst, Elections, Eric Opiela, Francisco "Quico" Canseco, George P. Bush, Glenn Hegar, Greg Abbott, John Cornyn, Katrina Pierson, Ken Paxton, Kesha Rogers, Matt McCall, Pete Sessions, Republicans, Sid Miller, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tommy Merritt, Wendy Davis
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Dan Patrick Beating David Dewhurst Soundly
Most people were expecting to see a David Dewhurst—Dan Patrick runoff for Lt. Governor. however, you’d be hard=pressed to find anyone who would predict that not only would Patrick garner more votes in the primary than Dewhurst, but also do … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Republicans, Texas
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