Category Archives: Elections

Obama Doesn’t Know Jack. Or Texas.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

An interview that Brad Watson of WFAA-TV in Dallas conducted with Obama has been getting a lot of attention. A lot of it has centered on Obama’s visible testiness at the questions, but I’d like to point out his baffling … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Updates for April 18

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Texas Iconoclast examines Ricardo Sanchez’s chances. Paul Burka doesn’t think any Democrat has a chance: Patty Murray’s explanation for why she thinks Texas might be in play is “demographic change.” We have been hearing that line for many years now, … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Roundup for April 17

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Texas Democrats may have finally lured a high-profile candidate to the race: retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. The only problem? His last notable job was being commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Which was, as Democrats wanted … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Thursday, April 14, 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Interview with Michael Totten on The Road to Fatima Gate. Preliminary redistricting proposals have been released. More about it from BurkaBlog here and here. There is talk of moving Texas’ Presidential primary to April. The blog is called Frontloading, which … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Information Sources Round 2: Facebook Boogaloo

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

(I know, tired meme is tired. But I just like saying “Facebook Boogaloo.”) It being the second decade of the 21st century and all, it occurs to me that merely providing links to the individual candidates blogs is probably insufficient … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Websites (and Tidbits)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Note: A more detailed and up-to-date list of Texas Senate Candidate Websites can be found here. For today’s 2012 Texas Senate Race coverage, I thought I would provide a handy list of all the candidate’s own websites (listed alphabetically). Websites … Continue reading →

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A Small LinkSwarm of Local News

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A confluence of events (a cold, doing my taxes, and a miscellany of more minor concerns) has cut into my blogging time, so it might be a few days before my roundup piece on Libya is ready to see the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few links to tide you over while I’m fighting the alligators: The top fifteen biggest special interest campaign donors are either Democrats or split the money between Democrats and Republicans. Mickey Kaus on why Governor Walker shouldn’t cave to … Continue reading →

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Texas 2012 Senate Race Update: Tom Leppert is In

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert officially enters the race. Leppert joins a crowded field that the presumptive front-runner, David Dewhurst, hasn’t even entered yet. This is the most crowded Texas Senate Republican primary race I can remember.

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Miscellaneous 2012 Texas Senate Race Tidbits

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Things are pretty slow on the 2012 Texas Senate race (which happens when you’re more than a year away from the primary). Both Michael Williams and Ted Cruz were at CPAC, and evidently Williams came off the better of the … Continue reading →

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