Tag Archives: 2014 Election

John B. Judis Turns 180º, Proclaims Coming Republican Advantage

John B. Judis is most famous for proclaiming that rising minority populations would make Democrats America’s natural majority party before too long, a theme he expounded upon in The Emerging Democratic Majority (with Ruy Teixeira) in 2002. Now Judis has … Continue reading →

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Annie’s List of Fail

Via PushJunction comes word that Amber Mostyn (wife of rich trial lawyer Steve Mostyn) is stepping down as chair of Annie’s List. What’s Annie’s List, you ask? Essentially an attempt to do Emily’s List for Texas, i.e. elect liberal female … Continue reading →

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More Inside Dirt on Battleground Texas’ Spectacular Failure

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Liberal elitists confidently sweep into a new situation, arrogantly tell everyone they’re in charge, refuse to listen to advice, alienate all those around them, and make a gigantic hash of everything, worsening … Continue reading →

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Wendy Davis Admits She Was Lying About Open Carry

Granted, that’s not what the headline says. But we all know that’s what she means. Sen. Wendy Davis said in a Monday interview with the Express-News that she opposes allowing the open carry of handguns and that she wishes she … Continue reading →

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Democrats Hate the South, And The South Hates Them Right Back

With the defeat of Mary Landrieu, the Democratic Party no longer has a single national office holder anywhere in the South. In fact, with South Carolina re-electing Tim Scott, “there are now more black Republicans than white Democrats from the … Continue reading →

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Mary Landrieu Loses

So it was foretold, and so it has come to pass. Congratulations to Bill Cassidy for being elected to the United States Senate. But hey, she only lost by 12 points. Given some polls had her down by as much … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 5, 2014

Let’s jump into it: IRS cites taxpayer confidentiality in defying a federal judge by refusing to hand over documents showing it violated taxpayer confidentiality by sharing that information with the White House. By 2020, some 90% of Americans will be … Continue reading →

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A Real Texas Speaker’s Race? Don’t Count on It

Despite a broad consensus that he’s too moderate and holding up important conservative legislation, conservatives in the Texas House failed to unseat Speaker Joe Straus in both 2010 and 2012. Since then, one Straus ally after another has fallen to … Continue reading →

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Democratic Failure In Texas: Even Worse Than You Thought

I wanted to put up a link to this Wayne Thorburn Politico Piece on the Democratic Party’s 2014 failure in Texas. The piece focuses on the many missteps made by Battleground Texas, such as the decision to send out-of-state Obama … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for November 14, 2014

There’s been so many people offering up so much information on “GruberGate” that I assume anyone reading this blog has seen coverage of it already. The fact that Jonathan Gruber not only lied to the American voters he called “stupid” … Continue reading →

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