Tag Archives: Michael Quinn Sullivan
The Sweet Futility of Texas House Primary Races
At a dessert banquet for Jonathan Stickland, tea party funders convene for their biannual fleecing.
Texas House elections are fun to write about, and they’re crazy as hell. But their primary benefit seems to be their ability to get consultants paid....Read More
Attack Site Targets Noted Pinko Robert Nichols
Robert Nichols was the sixth most conservative in the Senate last year. But an attack site that surfaced in the last two weeks says he's a liberal....Read More
Bill Powers and the Sad State of Texas Politics
The potential firing of UT-Austin President Bill Powers marks another success for the machine that's been chewing through Texas politics and institutions....Read More
Michael Quinn Sullivan Goes Mute
At Michael Quinn Sullivan's formal hearing before the Texas Ethics Commission, the man that seemingly never stops talking refused to talk....Read More
In House District 58 Runoff, the Laying On of Hands
Things are getting heated in House District 58, where Philip Eby's supporters are learning a little something from his warrior spirit....Read More
In Senate District 4, a Rare Victory for a GOP Insider
This weekend's contest between two far-right candidates in Senate District 4 saw a bomb-thrower defeated by a legislative insider—an increasingly rare event....Read More
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
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
The Rise (and Fall?) of Michael Quinn Sullivan
The Republican kingmaker has had a bad couple of days in front of the state’s Ethics Commission—but will it stick?
For years, Michael Quinn Sullivan has used his talents to shape Texas politics—but confronted by the Ethics Commission on two fronts, is his power in decline?...Read More