Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

Cruz Beating Dewhurst in Early Voting

Now that polls have closed, runoff voting results are trickling in, and Ted Cruz is currently beating David Dewhurst by a little more than 52% to 48% in early voting results. Remember, Dewhurst dominated early voting results in the primary; … Continue reading →

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Vote Today!

One way or another, the Ted Cruz—David Dewhurst battle ends today. Texas voters: find your voter registration card and vote before 7 PM (if you haven’t already). And if anyone is still unsure who to vote for or why, here’s … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for July 30, 2012

Tomorrow’s election day! Get out there and vote! And if you’re still making up your mind, you might want to read my endorsement of Ted Cruz. Now the final roundup of pre-runoff Senate race news: Evan at Perry vs. World … Continue reading →

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National Review Slams Dewhurst for “Vulgar, Dishonest” Campaign

Today the editors of National Review unloaded on David Dewhurst with both barrels: Mr. Dewhurst’s vulgar and dishonest campaign of scorched-earth ad hominem against Mr. Cruz raises serious questions about his judgment and his commitment to conservative values. He has … Continue reading →

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Final PPP Poll Has Cruz Up by 10 Points

“PPP’s final poll of the Republican Senate runoff in Texas finds Ted Cruz opening up a 52-42 lead, an increase from our survey two weeks ago that found him ahead 49-44.” Further: Cruz’s victory is driven by 4 things: the … Continue reading →

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Oh Deer

Ted Cruz staffer Joshua Perry recently tweeted that he had hit a deer. (Both his car and the deer were fine.) I quipped that he should hope it was a Dewhurst-voting deer. He replied he thought it was for Sadler. … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for July 26, 2012

A quick roundup Texas Senate race news. Less than a week before the runoff! I’ll try to do at least one more update Monday. Friday the Ted Cruz campaign is having a big get-out-the-vote rally in The Woodlands featuring Sarah … Continue reading →

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Liberals Continue Their Twitter Losing Streak

On Twitter, you can mark any word (or combination of words) you want with a hashtag (#) #likethis. Naturally, as part of the current election season, liberals have been trying to create various Twitter tags (#ows for Occupy Wall Street, … Continue reading →

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Quick Roundup on Yesterday’s Cruz—Dewhurst Debate

My non-political life is amazingly busy this week, but here’s a roundup of reactions to yesterdays debate between Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst: Though she bashes both candidates, Patricia Kilday Hart does note that “Throughout his tenure as lieutenant governor, … Continue reading →

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IowaHawk Brings The Gospel of Barack

And Lo, Iowahawk did step forth from the heavens, and deliver unto us the Book of Barack. And it was good.

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