Christopher Hooks
Bob Hall and the Conservative Persecution Complex
The feedback loop that protects conservatives from legitimate criticism is Bob Deuell's challenger's best friend.
What does hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes make you? A warrior, targeted by Obama himself, who'll return this country to fiscal sanity. Read More
Greg Abbott vs. the Child Predators of Williamson County
Greg Abbott's effort to nab online child predators have been extraordinarily narrow in geographic focus, an Austin American-Statesman study has revealed. Read More
The Prodigal Paul Returns (To Texas)
Texas will be playing a critical role in the 2016 Republican Primary—and Rand Paul is laying his groundwork.
Rand Paul is beefing up his presidential campaign years in advance of the 2016 election. His activity in Texas foreshadow's the states growing importance to the GOP. Read More
Greg Abbott’s Weird, Empty Attack Site
For a week, Greg Abbott's campaign has been pushing a new website dedicated to exposing Wendy Davis. But it hasn't gotten off the ground. Read More
The Future of the Equal Pay Fight
The Davis campaign is doubling down on equal pay. Is it enough?
Democrats are rightfully cheered by the events of the last two weeks—but they'll need to build a lasting narrative about Greg Abbott to sustain momentum. Read More
WTF Friday: Busy Bees
This week in WTF Friday: Women—what's the deal with them? Office unity. Is Bob Deuell's runoff challenger the future of the GOP? Or is it Sun Tzu. Read More
Federal Judge Refuses to Shield Michael Quinn Sullivan from the Ethics Commission
Conservative dark money kingmaker Michael Quinn Sullivan's war against the Texas Ethics Commission faced another setback today. Read More
Greg Abbott Scores an Own Goal on Equal Pay
Hours after the San Antonio Express-News released an investigation into Greg Abbott's own pay practices, he announced he'd veto an equal pay bill. Read More
Activists Want to Return Texas GOP Platform to Hard-line Stance on Immigrants
The 2012 GOP convention's great achievement is back on the chopping block.
The inclusion of a guest worker program in the Texas GOP platform was seen as a big step forward. Now some want to strip it out. Read More