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.

Rick Perry Speech Gets Rave Reviews at the Republican Leadership Conference (with video)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Saturday Rick Perry gave his speech to the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, and he’s getting lots of rave reviews, further fueling speculation that he’ll make a Presidential run: Here’s one from San Antonio. Here’s one from the Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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Michael Williams Makes His Congressional Run Official

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

“Former Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams announced Friday night that he will run for the new U.S. House District 33 — which stretches from Arlington to Parker County — instead of the U.S. Senate.” This move has been in the … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post Discovers Ted Cruz

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Washington Post writer Aaron Blake pays serious attention to Ted Cruz, and his role as Tea Party favorite. It’s a decent write-up for an out-of-state MSM outlet playing catch-up, but there are several statements about which I have at least … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 16, 2011

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Here in Austin it’s suppose to hit 103ยบ for the rest of the week. Insert your own “hot news” related pun here. Some links: Paul Burka’s list of best and worst state legislators is now out. Golly, what do you … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for June 15, 2011

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few Senate race updates. Ted Cruz is turning a very good week into a very good month: First off, Cruz gets some serious love from George Will. Cruz also appeared on Fox Business News: The Houston Chronicle rounds up … Continue reading →

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In Which I Come Perilously Close to Defending Lloyd Doggett

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Paul Burka has a post up in which he basically makes two arguments: Republicans are trying to Gerrymander white Democrats out of Congress; and “Almost no one has done as much damage to the Democratic cause” in Texas as Lloyd … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Updates for June 12, 2011

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Another roundup of Texas Senate race news: Here is the video for the Republican Senatorial candidate forum I attended Wednesday: And here’s the follow-up Q&A session they’re not showing on KRLU: Here’s the Statesmen‘s report on the forum. And here’s … Continue reading →

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Democratic Senate Candidate Ricardo Sanchez Comes Out for Illegal Alien Amnesty, Teachers Unions, and…Tax Cuts???

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Ricardo Sanchez finally has a website up, though Google still can’t find it, and it was only announced on his Facebook page yesterday. I wonder why it took so long, since he announced back on May 11; it doesn’t take … Continue reading →

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The Unexpected Return of This Week in Jihad

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I stopped doing This Week in Jihad because it was eating up too much of my time. But this week there were enough big Jihad-related stories to justify putting one up: Michael Totten has an interesting interview with Claire Berlinski … Continue reading →

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Newt’s Staff Quitting En Masse=Rick Perry Jumping Into the Presidential Race?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So Jim Geraghty suggests over at The Campaign Spot. He’s not the only one to to do so. This would seem to address Texas Iconoclast’s first point about why Perry won’t run. Make no mistake: If Perry jumps in, he … Continue reading →

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