Tag Archives: Elections

Ben Carson for President: Save Your Money

I’ve been getting a lot of political solicitations this year, one of which came from the Draft Ben Carson for President campaign. Since this is now a real thing (run by a John Philip Sousa IV) collecting real money, I … Continue reading →

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Texas Statewide Race Updates for April 4, 2014

My taxes and family health issues have curtailed blogging somewhat, so here are some statewide race updates, some of which stretch back to just after the primary: The Weekly Standard covers the Abbott campaign. One Abbott supporter in Edinburg, former … Continue reading →

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The Real Reason Democrats Hate the Koch Brothers: They’re Getting Their Asses Kicked

You may have noticed that all the usual media outlets and liberal extensions of the Democratic Party (but I repeat myself) falling in line to attack the Koch brothers, as I’m sure has been decreed by either the DNC or … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 21, 2014

Enjoy your complimentary Friday LinkSwarm, and be sure to tip your waitress! Fourteen different ways you can you can avoid the ObamaCare tax. Joaquin Castro to boycott Buc-ees? He should have almost as much luck in Texas boycotting air conditioning … Continue reading →

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Democrats: Start Your Freak Out!

There’s a lot of time before November, but Democrats are freaking out early and often: National Democrats are in a near panic — if the media’s highly-attuned panic detectors are any indicator — with a “poisonous” president unable to use … Continue reading →

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Even More on Wendy Davis Failure

Will Franklin has dug even deeper in to the primary voting statistics and they are, if anything, actually worse than previously reported (which were already plenty bad). A few examples: Her vote totals were down in the Rio Grande Valley … Continue reading →

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Tea Leaves Not Looking So Hot For Democrats in November

Republican David Jolly beat Democrat Alex Sink in a special election for Florida’s 13th congressional district. CD13 is a swing district that voted narrowly for Obama in the last two Presidential elections. One district does not an election make, but … Continue reading →

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Hilderbran Withdraws, Hegar Advances

When last we checked, Glenn Hegar was on the edge of winning the Republican nomination for Comptroller outright, but he ended up garnering a frustrating 49.99% of the vote. Thankfully, primary opponent Harvey Hilderbran has aceeded to reality and announced … Continue reading →

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WILLisms Breaks Down Democratic Turnout Failure

Will Franklin has an interesting piece up detailing just how poorly Democrats did in primary turnout on Tuesday, noting that both the Democratic Party total, and Wendy Davis’ numbers compared to Bill White, were down significantly from 2010. By contrast, … Continue reading →

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A Quick Overview of Primary Results

A very brief look at last night’s primary results: John Cornyn won, but couldn’t break 60% against a field of underfunded challengers. The Democratic Senate runoff is going to be between the big-spender David Alameel and the LaRouche candidate Kesha … Continue reading →

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