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Texas Politics

James White visiting locals during the Lufkin Juneteenth Celebration, 2010

Who Will Control East Texas?

Wed, Oct 27, 2010 |

Abby Rapoport, staff writer for The Texas Observer, travels to East Texas to take the political temperature....Read More

The Mystery on Falcon Lake

by Melissa del Bosque

Tue, Oct 26, 2010

What to make of the alleged murder of David Hartley while riding his jet ski on Falcon Lake? Last week, his wife Tiffany moved their things out of their McAllen...Read More

Political Wish List: Honest Talk About Economics, Empire, and Energy

by Robert Jensen

Tue, Oct 26, 2010

There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of us yearn for substantive discussion of the serious problems...Read More

Backyard Brawls

ROSE VS. ISAAC

by Texas Observer Staff

Tue, Oct 26, 2010

“Good thing we’ve still got politics in Texas — finest form of free entertainment ever invented.” -Molly Ivins From now until Oct. 29, w...Read More

How Bad Are These Polls For White?

The most recent set of polls show White down by a large margin. Just how bad a loss can the Democrats take?

by Abby Rapoport

Mon, Oct 25, 2010

The last few months, poll results have begun to feel a whole lot like the old M. Night Shyamalan movies. You would think you could take the results at face-valu...Read More

Politics Uncovered

by Bill Minutaglio

Mon, Oct 25, 2010

Texas Attorney General candidate Barbara Ann Radnofsky came to the phone to tell me she is pleased The Dallas Morning News has assigned someone to cover her cam...Read More

Stumper of the Week: A Brand-New Golden Rule

The nuttiest things said this week in Texas politics

Sat, Oct 23, 2010

Lord Almighty: Only 10 days till we know just how disastrous it’s going to be for Democrats—and what kind of, er, leadership Texas will have as it deals...Read More

Go Back to Mexico’

by Melissa del Bosque

Fri, Oct 22, 2010

A group of Tea Party activists in Washington D.C. recently told two Hispanic Texas border congressmen to “Go back to Mexico” as they were on t...Read More

Wooing Bush Country

Scenes from a day in Bill White's campaign.

Fri, Oct 22, 2010

On Friday, April 23, Houston-based photographer Michael Stravato and New York Times reporter James C. McKinley Jr. spent a whirlwind day with Bill White, the De...Read More

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