Forget Rick Perry. With all the attention the governor’s presidential run is getting, it is easy to overlook the crowded Republican race for the U.S. Senate and a growing number of legislative contests shaping up, including one in West Texas. Let’s start with the one for the U.S. Senate seat Kay Bailey Hutchison is vacating
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Recently, Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged what many Texans have known for two years at least — that he’s running for president. To buy into the notion that he finally gave in to the urging of his legions of supporters (especially his wife), or heeded a call from a higher power, requires a suspension of reality
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WASHINGTON — Democrats blamed the Senate’s Republican leaders Thursday for refusing to confirm 20 federal judicial nominees to fill vacancies in nearly a dozen states, including Texas. Four nominees were confirmed by the Senate, including Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi, in the waning hours before the Senate closed legislative business and began a
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CORNYN: THIS IS NOT AN ENERGY STRATEGY, THIS IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY WASHINGTON — Just before the Senate voted down the Democrats’ proposed energy tax legislation by procedural vote, U.S. Senator John Cornyn spoke on the Senate floor and announced his opposition to the legislation: “This is not an energy strategy,” Senator Cornyn said.
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Sens. Hutchison, Cornyn Invite President To Tour Fire-Damaged Regions During Upcoming Visit to Texas WASHINGTON— U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, R-Texas, today sent the following letter to President Barack Obama inviting him to tour areas of Texas devastated by wildfires during his upcoming visit to the state. The White House has announced
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In recent weeks, an idea of Houston attorney Geoff Berg’s turned into a Facebook page and then became a website that he hopes might spark a movement. The message: “Draft Tommy Lee Jones for Senate.” Berg, a left-leaning commentator and host of the radio show Partisan Gridlock on KPFT, says he is “absolutely serious.” “I
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by Phillip Martin, Burnt Orange Report Last week, I argued that Debra Medina was set-up by Glenn Beck and Rick Perry (“Gut Reaction: Team Rick Perry Used Glenn Beck to Attack Debra Medina”). As you’ll recall, Medina was skyrocketing in the polls — it was certain she would force a runoff, and becoming increasingly possible
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