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5Parallel Planes

Capitol Letters

Ted Cruz mid-speech

by Eileen Smith

Mr. Cruz Goes to Washington

Fri, Dec 14, 2012 |

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

by Eileen Smith

Texas Democrats, Make Your Move

Fri, Nov 16, 2012 |

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.

by Eileen Smith

Tue, Oct 30, 2012

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.

by Eileen Smith

Tue, Oct 23, 2012

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

by Eileen Smith

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

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

by Eileen Smith

Wed, Oct 3, 2012

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

by Eileen Smith

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

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

by Eileen Smith

Wed, Sep 19, 2012

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

by Eileen Smith

Fri, Sep 7, 2012

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

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