Thank Obama for the tea party, Cruz says
The tea party owes its origins to one man, Ted Cruz told reporters in Houston today. The newly annointed GOP Senate nominee wasn’t thinking of Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Rick Santorum, Dick Armey...
View ArticleNancy’ll wink at Nick, Weber predicts
I hate to be a bearer of bad tidings to the good residents of Congressional District 14, but I’m obliged to report that you won’t be getting a “gentleman’s agreement” in the race between former U.S....
View ArticleCruz would inspect the bacon before bringing it home
Paul Ryan, the Republicans’ presumptive vice-presidential nominee, isn’t the first tea party conservative having to explain how he can rail against Washington and still be eager to accept any federal...
View ArticleRepublicans defend Romney video remarks
The campaign kerfuffle stirred up by the surreptitious video showing Mitt Romney claiming that 47 percent of the American people depend on federal handouts would not have phased a former presidential...
View Article‘Satan runs across the world,’ Perry says
It’s been about a year since Gov. Rick Perry hosted The Response, a prayer rally of several thousand fervent fundamentalist Christians at Reliant Stadium, an event that in some ways was prelude to his...
View ArticleGo live in Afghanistan, Riddle tells law student
THIS JUST IN! State Rep. Debbie Riddle is NOT — repeat not — vying for the Muslim vote in her bid for re-election in District 150 of the Texas Legislature. Hard to believe, I know, but take a look at...
View ArticlePerry gives a date for future plans
So, will he or won’t he? That’s the question — doubled — as Rick Perry moves on from what might have been and anticipates yet another year in the office he’s occupied for going on 13. Does the...
View ArticleSimpson still opposes Thompson’s puppy-mill law
In my November 24 article about state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, and his remarks to the Harris County chapter of the John Birch Society, I made a mistake. I thought he said that after his...
View ArticleBoehner needs to go, Stockman says
The man who earned a reputation as an unpredictable maverick during his one and only previous term in Congress nearly two decades ago would seem to be picking up where he left off. “I will not vote for...
View ArticleAlvarado holds money edge
In the Jan. 26 special election for state Senate District 6, state Rep. Carol Alvarado was winning the money race, as of Tuesday. According to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday, Alvarado had...
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