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Interview With Texas Senate Candidate Craig James

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

After much back and forth with his campaign trying to find a date, I was finally able to interview Texas Senate candidate Craig James on March 21 at the Rudy’s on South 360 here in Austin. This was, alas, not … Continue reading →

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Democrat Paul Sadler: Texans Don’t Understand How Awesome Obama Is Because They’re Racists

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Lawrence Person

It should be no surprise that Democratic senate candidate Paul Sadler supports the the whole liberal checklist of Obama initiatives. However, what’s surprising is how easily he plays the “Obama’s opponents are racist” card on his fellow Texans: “If he … Continue reading →

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The Two Year Anniversary of ObamaCare

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today is the two year anniversary of the passage of ObamaCare. Note that Republicans are marking the anniversary of Obama’s signature achievement, while the White House is not. Even Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer admits that it’s an electoral liability for … Continue reading →

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Gun Owners of America Endorses Ted Cruz

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Ted Cruz campaign announced today that he had been endorsed by the Gun Owners of America. This is a significant pickup for the Cruz campaign, since David Dewhurst was previously endorsed by the NRA for Lt. Governor. Thus far … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for March 15, 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Lawrence Person

It’s been a very quiet week in the Senate race. I suspect that some of the candidates had already scheduled vacation or break time following the original March primary date, so I expect things to pick up shortly. But Both … Continue reading →

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Ciro Rodriguez Blinks

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lawrence Person

In the game of District 35 Chicken, Ciro Rodriguez decided that no, he didn’t want to face off against Lloyd Doggett’s 18-wheeler full of money and swerved aside. Instead he’s going to run against Republican incumbent Francisco “Quico” Canseco for … Continue reading →

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Williams Switches from CD33 to CD25 Race. No, the OTHER Williams.

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I wonder if Michael Williams is thinking about swearing out a stalking complaint against Roger Williams. First Michael Williams dropped out of the Senate race to run for the newly created Congressional District 33 on June 17th. Then, a week … Continue reading →

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Dennis Kucinich Goes Down

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Marcy Kaptur ended Dennis Kucinich’s congressional career last night, beating him in the Democratic Primary 60% to 36%. There’s some talk of Kucinich moving to Washington State and running for congress there, but one wonders why Democrats there would feel … Continue reading →

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New Democratic U.S. Congressional Race Filings

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A “no-insight-just-the-facts” post, since I don’t have time to analyze the post-redistricting candidate filings right now: Kenneth Sanders: District 6 David: Sanchez: District 26 Katherine Savers McGovern: District 32 Salomon Torres: District 34 Lloyd Doggett: District 35

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Texas Congressional Redistricting Breakdown

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been reading up a bit more on the compromise redistricting lines released by the San Antonio district court. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot was able to keep most of what the legislature passed, and the Governor signed, intact, but … Continue reading →

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