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Gov, Lite: Meet the Four (Whacky) Candidates for Texas Lt. Governor
Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst is facing three Republican challengers, three conservative white men each with his own brand of whacky....Read More
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 Repub...Read More
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...Read More
Gallego vs Canseco: ¿Quien es mas Catolico?
In Texas' 23rd Congressional District, Jesus has taken time out of his busy schedule to endorse the incumbent.
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 Gal...Read More
Ted Cruz Comes Home to the GOP Establishment
Ted Cruz inches (ever so slightly) over to the Republican 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 the tea...Read More
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 is driven is that people of faith sho...Read More
Call Me Crazy, Maybe: The Sadler-Cruz Debate
What you don’t do, is do your job as a legislator worried that some troll will come along 10 years later or 20 years later and try to run a campaign against y...Read More
Testing Rape Kits a No-Brainer for Most Pols… But Not Dr. Mark Shelton
Incredible as it may seem there are still some issues that can rally bipartisan support. Take, for example, the federal Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registr...Read More
Texas Republicans Become Arabian Knights
Last week Texas Republican heavyweights, from Gov. Rick Perry to Senate nominee and Latino rising star Ted Cruz, weighed in on the riots in Libya almost as quic...Read More
Women’s Rights Takes Center Stage at DNC
Why are we having to fight in 2012 against politicians who want to end access to birth control? It’s like we woke up in a bad episode of Mad Men.—Cecile...Read More