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Category Archives: Elections
Aftershocks From Eric Cantor’s Defeat
Pretty much everyone on both sides of the mediasphere/punditocracy was shocked by last night’s defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by David Brat. Here’s a quick roundup on thoughts and reactions to Cantor’s defeat: If David Dewhurst’s flailing campaigns … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Media Watch, Republicans, video
Tagged amnesty, Border Controls, David Brat, Eric Cantor, Erick Erickson, Media Watch, Mickey Kaus, Republicans, video, Virginia
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Eric Cantor Goes Down in Flames; Will He Take Amnesty With Him?
Tonight is primary night in Virginia, and in Virginia’s 7th congressional district, and with 75% of districts reporting, House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor is losing to underfunded tea Party challenger David Brat by about 56% to 44%. Cantor used … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Republicans
Tagged 2014 Election, amnesty, Border Controls, David Brat, Eric Cantor, Republicans, Tea Party, Virginia
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Leland Yee Update for June 5, 2014
I’ve been busy with other things, so until Dwight covered it, I didn’t realize that indicted California state senator Leland Yee’s suspended campaign still came in third in the race for California Secretary of State, pulling in a quarter-million votes. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections
Tagged California, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Leland Yee, Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow
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Some Texas Runoff Result Links
I keep looking for some insightful pieces on the Texas election results, but mostly what I’m finding is the usual MSMN “those extreme extremist Republicans have sure gotten extremely extreme” blather (see just about any Paul Burka piece for an … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Media Watch, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Election, Dan Patrick, Emmanuel Garcia, Empower, Jim Hogan, Paul Burka, Texas, Texas Democratic Party
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More EU Election Fallout
It’s hard to know just how much weight to put in widespread gains by Eurosceptic parties in EU elections, mainly because the EU decision-making process seems so opaque to outsiders. Even if Eurosceptic Parties had won significant majorities, you get … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy, video, Welfare State
Tagged Elections, EU, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Eurosceptics, Marine Le Pen, Nigel Farage, UKIP, video, Welfare State
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LinkSwarm for May 27, 2014
Texans: Don’t forget to vote in the runoff today! Now a LinkSwarm to follow the Memorial Day weekend. Hillary 2008: “Forget a new campaign managers[sic], she needed a Feng Shui consultant—or an exorcist.” How ObamaCare screws black doctors. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Welfare State
Tagged Amazon, Border Controls, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Jihad, MSNBC, New York Times, NRA, ObamaCare, People’s Republic of Donetsk, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, Welfare State, Yemen
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Final Statewide Race Runoff Update
Tomorrow is the Texas primary runoff, so now would be a good time to find your voting card and confirm your polling place. A final roundup of runoff tidbits: The Dallas Morning News says that Dan Patrick is poised to … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2014 Attorney General's Race, 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, 2014 Senate Race, Dan Branch, Dan Patrick, David Alameel, David Dewhurst, Elections, Jim Hogan, Ken Paxton, Kesha Rogers, Kinky Friedman, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Paul Burka, Rick Perry, runoff, Texas
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What UKIP’s Big Election Win Means
The UK Independence Party (universally known as UKIP) won a big victory in UK Council and European Parliament elections. I’ve been struggling with how to frame the significance of UKIP’s victory without committing the sort of ghastly “distant observer” mistakes … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Elections, Foreign Policy
Tagged Border Controls, Elections, Foreign Policy, Mark Steyn, Nigel Farage, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Oborne, Tea Party, UK, UKIP
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More Signs of “Dewhurst Disgust”
More fallout from Jerry Patterson’s release of Dan Patrick’s mental health information from the 1980s to aid David Dewhurst. David Jennings of Big Jolly Politics, who was notable for being perhaps the only conservative blogger in Texas to back David … Continue reading
Ugly Campaign Against Dan Patrick Gets Uglier
Someone should contact the David Dewhurst campaign and inform them the the calendar doesn’t read 1989 anymore. There’s been yet another attack on Dan Patrick dating (like all Dewhurst’s attacks) from the golden age of hair metal. After Jerry Patterson … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 1980s, 2014 Election, 2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Dan Patrick, David Dewhurst, Elections, Jerry Patterson, Republicans, Texas
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