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Jason Gibson Drops Out of Senate Race

Democrat trial lawyer Jason Gibson has announced he’s dropping out of the Senate race and endorsing Paul Sadler. Says he didn’t want to run without the union support Sadler just picked up. The phrase “That leaves only two top-tier candidates … Continue reading →

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An Example Of What’s Wrong With Journalism These Days

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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Supreme Court to District Court: No, You Can’t Overturn the Democratic Process to Help Democrats. Not Yours.

OK, they didn’t use

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

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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A Few More SOPA/PIPA Tidbits

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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Texas Senate Race Update for January 11, 2012

I expect the campaigns to start announcing Q4 fundraising results any day now, and I just sent off a list of interview questions to the Craig James campaign today. So here’s one final news roundup of the senate race before … Continue reading →

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I Would TOTALLY Kick Mike Tyson’s ASS (if he hadn’t left this bar five minutes ago)

Insta linked to this Taylor Marsh piece about how she, as a liberal, is Totally Fed Up with Obama and the Democratic Party. I’m a bit less impressed with its significance (or sincerity) than he was, even ignoring the usual … Continue reading →

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Dropping Like Flies

On December 19, I reported two additional Democrats, Eric Roberson and John Morton, joining the Senate race because their names appeared on the official list of Democratic candidates, bringing the total of Democratic candidates to seven. However, the next day, … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for December 22, 2011

Like everyone else, political wonks are taking off for Christmas, so just a few tiny bits of Senate race news: Tom Leppert appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show: With Ricardo Sanchez out of the race, Texas Democrats face a Latino … Continue reading →

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From The Nanotechnological Violins Department

“Your liberal organization isn’t sustainable!” MoveOn.org says it needs $400,000 or it will have to close its doors. Of course, this is probably just a fundraising ploy. Surely the organization born with the express purpose of sweeping Bill Clinton’s perjury … Continue reading →

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