Texas Politics
South Texas: Where the Votes Are
With two prominent Latino candidates and new efforts to drive up turnout, can Democrats finally conquer South Texas?
Four months before the election, in a decaying mall in Corpus Christi, I caught a glimpse of the future: the changing of the old guard in South Texas Democratic...Read More
Race for Railroad Commissioner: Experience vs. GOP Cred
Democrat Jeff Weems has endorsements from all major newspapers—but can that make up for the
You can always spot the politicians at a party—they’re the ones talking a lot, mainly about themselves, their opinions, and just how much better they ar...Read More
Kinky Friedman Hearts the Tea Party
Friedman says Tea Party is "what the Democrats used to be."
Cliff Lee wasn’t the only one throwing curve balls last night. (I swear, this material just writes itself!) Next to the Rangers’ win and the resc...Read More
Bill White’s Traveling Good-Government Show, Part Two
The Democrat answers his critics, confronts his stalker, and spells out his vision for Texas' future.
Sept. 23, 1:50 p.m. As he clambers into his chartered six-seater plane at Landmark Aviation in Addison, Bill White is making yet another quick fundraising call....Read More
At Glenn Beck University, Hatred is the Curriculum
Dull your wits and sharpen your prejudices—Beck University is back again. Now Beck’s temple of knowledge has a completely new curriculum, and this “semest...Read More
See? They Can Debate: Candidates for the SBOE Duke It Out
At the first SBOE debate, all the candidates ran against the current board—except the one current board member
Democrat Judy Jennings wants to get on the State Board of Education to take out politics and partisan rancor. So in her first—and likely only—debate, she pl...Read More
Texas Senators Do Nothing to Save Thousands of Jobs
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Family Emergency Fund expired on September 30. Employers are now faced with laying off thousands of workers whose jobs were s...Read More
Soils and Souls: The Promise of the Land
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A poet, an economist, and a biologist walk into a barn in Kansas and start talking. What do you get when you cross their ide...Read More
Stumper of the Week: Give Dewhurst a Chance
The nuttiest things said this week in Texas politics
Every Friday from here till the end of this year’s campaign stumping season, we’re honoring the most outlandish, befuddling, illogical or just flat-...Read More