Tag Archives: Republicans
A Time for Radical Thinking
We need more bold ideas that challenge Trump and restore democracy.
Give Donald Trump this: he’s brought a certain clarity to our present condition. With democratic norms shattered, institutions weakened and the illusion of a ...Read More
Ted Cruz and State Republicans Make Clear: This is Trump’s Texas Now
At the state GOP convention, Trump reigns supreme — and everyone knows it.
It was clear when Governor Greg Abbott bragged about being more powerful than Putin, and when he said that Texans had far more influence on Trump’s presidenti...Read More
What We’re Watching: Primaries 2018
What We’re Watching in the 2018 Texas Primaries With Democratic turnout crushing early voting records in the 15 biggest counties, jam-packed races for sea...Read More
When a Key Democrat Left Town, Republicans Snuck Through Controversial Nominee
A vote was called on Pension Review Board nominee Josh McGee when Senator Royce West, the deciding vote, was not present.
Last month, Texas’ Democratic senators thought they had a plan to block Josh McGee’s confirmation to the state Pension Review Board. McGee was appointed to ...Read More
Seize the Trumpportunity! President Offers Both Parties Chance to Reinvent Themselves
Democrats and Republicans should treat this new administration as a soul-searching opportunity to return to their principles.
I remember the first time I wrote a letter to John Cornyn, probably 10 years ago. The issue was abortion, and I asked the senator to consider the possibility th...Read More
In Houston, Ted Cruz Faults Obama for Cop Killings
Campaigning Cruz tries to rev up the Houston business class on crime, abortion and the impending loss of the entire Eastern Seaboard.
On Tuesday, returning to his hometown after another jaunt to New Hampshire, Ted Cruz gave a “State of the Senate” speech to a meeting of a major Houston bus...Read More
The Borderlands, So Far from Austin
Many a Lone Star politician has made, or boosted, his career by treating border communities as a theater of operations, where the normal rules don’t apply....Read More
Greater State: Rick Perry Emerges as GOP’s Voice of Reason
Maybe Rick Perry’s hipster glasses cleared up his vision in more ways than one. After a lifetime of governing Texas like a bully — and a brief period as a n...Read More
Change They Don’t Believe In
Republicans in Texas will use any excuse to oppose a comprehensive immigration package. ...Read More