Monthly Archives: January 2012

Texas Republican Party on Redistricting Lawsuits State of Play

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A long but informative breakdown of where things stand. The bottom line: The cases are still up in the air, Texas GOP is not directly involved in talks, and February 6 is the last day the case can be resolved … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 31, 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A testy exchange between Ted Cruz and Tom Leppert at last week’s Texas Republican Assembly Biennial Endorsing Convention Biennial Endorsing Convention on Leppert’s gay rights parade and ACORN baggage that I, Matt Dowling and whoever was behind the now-silent Race … Continue reading →

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Syrian Rebels On Outskirts of Damascus

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

What the headlines says, although they were repulsed. If President Hamlet was thinking about helping topple Assad, now would be a Real Good Time to jump off the fence. Plus, unlike Libya and Egypt, not only would it be very … Continue reading →

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Dewhurst, Cruz Release Tax Returns

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I had both a wedding and a book release party to attend this weekend, so I haven’t had time until today to note that David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz have followed the lead of Craig James in releasing their tax … Continue reading →

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EuroDoom Roundup: Waiting for the Inevitable Greek Default

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

You know the problem with doing one of these roundups on the European Debt Crises? I can search for “Euro” just about anytime of the day and night on Google News and come up with a dozen things I could … Continue reading →

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You Get a Tax Return! You Get a Tax Return! Everyone Gets a Tax Return!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Craig James got the ball rolling by promising to release his tax returns, an offer he immediately made good on: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 For those of you whom don’t regard paging through an ex-football player’s tax returns an … Continue reading →

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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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