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Category Archives: Elections
LinkSwarm for November 21, 2014
Here in Austin, we’re enjoying a temporary respite from Winter in November, but I don’t expect it to last long. Links! All the lies of ObamCare: The growing impression that politicians don’t play straight with their constituents is completely toxic, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Economics, Elections, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Bill Cosby, Border Controls, due process, feminism, inflation, Jonathan Gruber, Microsoft, ObamaCare, rape, Regulation, Republicans, Texas
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A Real Texas Speaker’s Race? Don’t Count on It
Despite a broad consensus that he’s too moderate and holding up important conservative legislation, conservatives in the Texas House failed to unseat Speaker Joe Straus in both 2010 and 2012. Since then, one Straus ally after another has fallen to … Continue reading
Democratic Failure In Texas: Even Worse Than You Thought
I wanted to put up a link to this Wayne Thorburn Politico Piece on the Democratic Party’s 2014 failure in Texas. The piece focuses on the many missteps made by Battleground Texas, such as the decision to send out-of-state Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, ObamaCare
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, Battleground Texas, Democrats, Texas, Texas Democratic Party
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LinkSwarm for November 14, 2014
There’s been so many people offering up so much information on “GruberGate” that I assume anyone reading this blog has seen coverage of it already. The fact that Jonathan Gruber not only lied to the American voters he called “stupid” … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Republicans, Texas
Tagged #GamerGate, 2014 Election, Carl DiMaio, China, Crime, Democrats, dogs, Elections, feminism, Iraq, Jihad, Jim Schutze, Jonathan Gruber, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, New Orleans, Nigeria, ObamaCare, Ron Reynolds, Sarah Kliff, shutdown, Social Justice Warriors, Ted Cruz, Texas, Vox.com, Wallace Hall
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Battleground Texas Pledges We’ll Be Able To Kick Them Around Some More in 2016
Battleground Texas says we’ll have it to kick around in 2016: The head of Battleground Texas is telling supporters that despite an Election Day-shellacking, the group plans to stay put for the next round of elections in 2016. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, 2016 Election, Battleground Texas, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Jeremy Bird, Steve Mostyn, Texas, Wendy Davis
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And Here Come the Wendy Davis Campaign Recriminations!
You don’t have such a high profile campaign flame-out as Wendy Davis for Governor without either some spectacular mismanagement within the ranks of the campaign, or a truly abysmal performance by the candidate themselves. While Wendy Davis certainly turned in … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, Democrats, Karin Johanson, Maura Dougherty, Peter Cari, Texas, Wendy Davis
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More Post-Election Tidbits
A few more bits of 2014 election analysis: Instapundit offers up six bills a Republican congress should pass. Can’t disagree with any of them. How the Obama years have hollowed out the Democratic Party. “The more serious problem for Democrats … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas, video
Tagged 2014 Election, Democrats, Elections, Instapundit, Koch Brothers, Republicans, Texas, Tom Steyer, video, Wendy Davis
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Two Dissections of Democrats’ Failure to Turn Texas Blue
Enjoy these two moderately lengthy dissections of liberal failures to turn Texas blue: First, here’s this Jay Root/Texas Tribune piece by way of the Washington Post on why Wendy Davis lost the election. The piece soft-peddles Davis’ incompetence as a … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, 2014 Governor's Race, Ann Richards, Battleground Texas, Bob Bullock, Jim Hogan, Texas, Tom Steyer, Wendy Davis
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Texas Statewide Race Oddities
With all the votes in, we can start analyzing some of odder aspects of the Texas statewide race results. For those watching the race, it’s no surprise that (discounting 2006’s strange four-way race) Wendy Davis was the worst-performing Democratic gubernatorial … Continue reading
Midday Post-Election Roundup
A few quick post-election links: Here’s a really solid Washington Post insider piece on how Republicans won, and Democrats lost, the election. “From the outset of the campaign, Republicans had a simple plan: Don’t make mistakes, and make it all … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections, ObamaCare, Republicans
Tagged 2014 Election, amnesty, Border Controls, Carl DiMaio, Democrats, Elections, Mia Love, Mickey Kaus, ObamaCare, Sandra Fluke
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