Category Archives: Republicans

LinkSwarm for January 26, 2012

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Lawrence Person

LinkSwarm, or EuroDoom? LinkSwarm, or EuroDoom? Well, the first link has some of each, but with Davos just starting up, I imagine their will be a nice helping of EuroDoom ready to serve tomorrow, so let’s put up a LinkSwarm … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 25, 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Time for another update. And since none of the Republicans liked the Keystone Pipeline decision, or Obama’s State of the Union address, I’m not going to list each individual reaction here. Ted Cruz endorsed by the national Tea Party Express. … Continue reading →

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An Example Of What’s Wrong With Journalism These Days

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

This Houston Chronicle piece by Joe Holley is an example of why so many people are dissatisfied with the job the legacy media is doing of reporting events. In covering the American Jewish Committee/World Affairs Council of Houston senate candidate … Continue reading →

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Cruz Raises $1.1 Million in Q4

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Cruz campaign announced that it raised $1.1 million in Q4. That’s slightly up from the $1.05 million he raised in Q3, but honestly, I find it a bit disappointing; I would expect him to have a bigger Q4 fundraising … Continue reading →

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Tom Leppert Critic Jim Schutze on Problems During Leppert’s Term as Mayor

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Before I interviewed Tom Leppert, I wanted to research several controversies that came up during his term as Mayor of Dallas. Unfortunately, because of The Dallas Morning News paywall (and, as you can read below, possible DMN involvement in some … Continue reading →

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Harry Reid Still Thinks SOPA/PIPA is Awesome, Vows to Bring It Up for a Vote When It’s “Fixed”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lawrence Person

As per the Senate Democratic Majority Leader’s official statement: Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement today on the Senate’s PROTECT I.P. Act: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 20, 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Still waiting on Q4 fundraising numbers from the candidates. In previous quarters they came out around the 15th of the month after the deadline, but maybe the deadline is longer for End-of-Year reports. Jason Embry notes that hey, this just … Continue reading →

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A Few More SOPA/PIPA Tidbits

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a visual representation of congressmen supporting and opposing SOPA/PIPA: (Click to Embiggen) By my eyeball count, 40 of those 65 congresscritters still supporting SOPA are Democrats (plus one gray box that I assume is Socialist Bernie Sanders), whereas 56 … Continue reading →

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Perry Out?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

So say the tea leaves. An announcement is scheduled for later today. Word is he’ll endorse Gingrich. A sad turn of events, but also increasingly an inevitable one. After his autumn gaffes, Perry could just never regain traction. He joins … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz (and Myself) Climb Aboard the Stop SOPA Bandwagon

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’m sure that if you do any web-browsing at all, you’ve noticed all the Stop SOPA Blackouts (or, in the case of Fark, a white out) in opposition to the ill-conceived, MPAA-backed SOPA IP “protection” bill that would open up … Continue reading →

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