Monthly Archives: October 2011

In Which My Texas Senate and Fast and Furious Updates Converge

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Former Texas Solicitor General and current senate candidate Ted Cruz calls for a Special Counsel to investigate Fast and Furious. The text of his announcement: Today, I’m calling for the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate Justice Department corruption … Continue reading →

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Fast and Furious Update for October 11, 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Either I’m getting a little better handle on things, or Fast and Furious revelations have slowed down just enough for me to keep up. Looks like a subpoena is heading Eric Holder’s way. Holder does not look like a happy … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for October 11, 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Ted Cruz got Lots of good press for his appearance at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit: Cruz also picked up the endorsements of over 115 leaders of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. David Dewhurst puts in an … Continue reading →

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Fast and Furious Update For October 10, 2011

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

You know, when I started doing Fast and Furious updates, I didn’t realize I’d have to update this daily. But events are moving at a pretty brisk pace: Rep. Daarrell Issa says to Holder that he owns Fast and Furious, … Continue reading →

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Fast and Furious Update for October 9, 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Updates to the Fast and Furious scandal are coming…well, you know. Here’s the complete text of the memo that Sharyl Attkisson quoted from on Friday. It’s even less believable and more self-serving than the excerpts alone. Rep. Darrell Issa is … Continue reading →

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Fast and Furious Updates for October 8, 2011

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been following the Fast and Furious scandal for a while, but haven’t been blogging about it much since so many other fine bloggers were on the case. I didn’t want to just post a chunk of text only to … Continue reading →

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Holder Goes With The “I’m Incompetent and Let My Subordinates Handle All Memos” Defense

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

CBS lets Sharyl Attkisson decloak long enough to print Eric Holder’s “I didn’t lie, I swear, I was just incompetent” defense for the Fast and Furious scandal: Holder says that his testimony to Congress, stating he first heard of Fast … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 6, 2011

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A smattering of news on this and that: Michael Totten recommended this Theo Padnos piece in The New Republic on Assad’s Syria and the personality cult the Assads have made of Alawi. Stratfor says that not only was the Anwar … Continue reading →

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Joaquin Castro Raises $500,000 To Unseat Lloyd Doggett

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

State Rep. Joaquin Castro raised $515,000 in Q3 in his effort to unseat Lloyd Doggett in the Democratic primary for the newly created 35th U.S. Congressional District. That’s serious money for a single quarter for a House race. But don’t … Continue reading →

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Obama by the Numbers

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Well done, and in convenient video form. Put together by the folks at Minnesota Majority, based on original work by the folks at Ace of Spades.

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