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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
In Which Democratic Dreams of a Hispanic-Driven Blue State Texas Come A Cropper
As fewer and fewer Democrats were elected in Texas over the past two decades, liberals would console themselves with the thought that demographics were on their side. “Just you wait, Hispanics will turn Texas back into a blue state.” Indeed, … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Democrats, Elections, Hispanics, Ruy Teixeira, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Democratic Party, Texas Senate Race
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I Now Have a Twitter Account for BattleSwarm
Go to https://twitter.com/#!/BattleSwarmBlog if you want to follow me there. Expect a lot of #txsen posts. I’ll probably also tweet more stuff that’s not worthy of an entire post…
Posted in Media Watch, Texas
Tagged Media Watch, Site Administration, Texas, Twitter
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National Review Endorses Ted Cruz
Yesterday, I endorsed Ted Cruz. Today National Review did the same. Coincidence? Almost certainly! After all, it was hardly a surprise given the cover issue treatment they already gave him. But it’s good to be ahead of the curve, if … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Elections, Endorsements, National Review, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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May 1: Observing Victims of Communism Day
Today is May 1st, meaning that once again it’s time to observe Victims of Communism Day. As I’ve written before, Communism killed somewhere between 85 million and 140 million people. And the world in general, and the international left in … Continue reading
BattleSwarm Blog Endorses Ted Cruz for United States Senator
Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm Blog endorses Ted Cruz for United States Senator. I believe that Cruz is the best candidate, that he has the longest, strongest, and deepest commitment to conservative principles among all the candidates running, and that he will … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, ACORN, Craig James, David Dewhurst, Elections, Endorsements, Glenn Addison, SEIU, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert, unions
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Mark Steyn Dogs Obama
The whole “Obama Eats Dog” Kerfuffle was notable only for the amazing speed liberal pundits shut their lips instead of continuing to mouth off about a 1983 Romney family vacation. But we can be thankful the episode allows us to … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for April 27, 2012
Working on a major senate race post, so enjoy another Friday LinkSwarm: Maureen Dowd has a fairly limited range of issues upon which she’s actually worth reading, but the personal scandals of sleazy corrupt politicians (in this case the John … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections, Media Watch, unions
Tagged Blue Dog Democrats, Border Controls, education, gambling, Illegal Aliens, Joe Straus, LinkSwarm, Maureen Dowd, Mexico, Ron Reynolds, Round Rock ISD, Texas, unions, Wisconsin
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Texas Senate Race Update for April 26. 2012
We’re a little more than a month out from the elections, and the rhetorical blows are already raining down among the candidates: The Dewhurst campaign doubles down on the Communist Chinese attack: The Dewhurst campaign also says the longer piece … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, ObamaCare, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Craig James, David Dewhurst, Elections, Houston Chronicle, Jason Gibson, Media Watch, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
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A Closer Look at David Dewhurst’s Q1 Donors
I’ve been going through all 767 pages of David Dewhurst’s Q1 FEC report to see if anything leapt out at me. Honestly, this is really more of a sampler, since as the bank in the race, there’s just no end … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Carolyn Farb, David Dewhurst, Dean R. McWilliams, Denton Cooley, Florence Shapiro, Frank Camp, fundraising, Harriet Miers, Joe Sestak, John J. Castellani, Kent Hance, Kip Averitt, Mike Toomey, Republicans, Ross Perot Jr., Texas, Texas Senate Race
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New PPP Poll: Dewhurst 38%, Cruz 26%
A new PPP poll shows that Ted Cruz continues to gain ground on David Dewhurst. Dewhurst’s lead has decreased 6 points from a PPP poll in January, when it was Dewhurst 36% and Cruz 18%. I think this is also … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, polls, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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