Eileen Smith

Eileen Smith
  • Ted Cruz mid-speech

    Mr. Cruz Goes to Washington

    A coveted leadership post in the tea party has opened up and Cruz is most likely salivating at the chance to prove that the uber-conservative wing of the Republican Party will like him just as much—if not more!—than his accomplished predecessor. Full Story
  • San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro at the DNC

    Texas Democrats, Make Your Move

    Forget about the great GOP awakening. Now is the perfect time for Texas Democrats to figure out what the hell they’re doing. The default explanation for their dismal showing was that Texas is not just red but bloody red, a stronghold of the Republican Party and ruled with an iron fist by Pharaoh, forcing the Chosen Ones to wander aimlessly in the desert looking for manna from heaven. But now the shifting demographics coupled with a rather clueless opposition party should be working in their favor. Full Story

  • Gallego vs Canseco: ¿Quien es mas Catolico?

    Last Thursday Bill Clinton turned on that old Clinton charm, which seems to work on everyone but his wife, to lend his support to Democratic state Rep. Pete Gallego in his congressional race. Full Story

  • Ted Cruz Comes Home to the GOP Establishment

    Ted Cruz is where he is today—the next senator from Texas, barring any unforeseen circumstances such as being eaten alive by angry trolls—because of [...] Full Story

  • Perry 2016? It Would Take an Act of God

    Satan runs across the world with his doubt and with his untruths and what have you, and one of the untruths out there that [...] Full Story

  • The Outsider Takes On the Insiders

    That’s what the American people want, and an outsider like Rick Perry is gonna do that. —Rick Perry, Iowa Republican debate, December 11 Bus [...] Full Story

  • Tis (Not) the Season to Be Rick Perry

    Gov. Rick Perry’s arch-nemesis Newt Gingrich is now leading in the national Gallup poll with 37 percent of voters compared to Mitt Romney’s 22 percent. [...] Full Story

  • Perry’s New Hampshire Dreaming

    In his dreams, Rick Perry is Newt Gingrich. He’s the comeback kid. He’s the Granite State boy wonder. He’s the one who received the [...] Full Story

  • Don’t Quit Your Day Job

    In his ongoing quest to redeem himself as the mediocre yet one-time viable presidential candidate he once was, Rick Perry stomped through Iowa and [...] Full Story

  • Gone in 54 Seconds

    WHO KNEW THAT SO MUCH DAMAGE could be done in less than a minute? In Wednesday night’s CNBC Republican debate, Rick Perry managed to [...] Full Story