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• This could haunt Hair in the general election

  
  Pete's Place — Authority: 123
  The Senate recently, albeit somewhat reluctantly, passed a defense appropriations bill that includes:A 3.4% pay increase for our service men and women.Nearly $30 billion for health care for service members and their families. More than $100 billion operations and maintenance, and military personnel requirements for ...
  5 days ago

• Attack of the Atheists! Balancing budgets and God in Texas

  
  The Bayou — Authority: 137
  Guess we do it, too.A few weeks back, Asheville (NC) city councilman Cecil Bothwell assumed office despite protestations from a conservative group that believes he should resign. Why? Hes an Atheist, and according to their interpretation of a clause in the North Carolina Constitution, that "disqualifies officeholders ...
  1 week ago

• Hays Trinity Stakeholders Working to Build Consensus on Groundwater Policy

  
  Patrick Rose — Authority: 103
  Sen. Wentworth & Rep. Rose tap Andrew Sansom to lead stakeholder group; goal is to find consensus for legislative recommendations AUSTIN – Sen. Jeff Wentworth (R–San Antonio) and Rep. Patrick M. Rose (D–Dripping Springs) recently announced that Andrew Sansom, Executive Director of the River Systems ...
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• Newsweek predicts White to win governors election

  
  Pete's Place — Authority: 123
  No. 10 on Newsweeks "Politics Predictions for 2010" is this doozy: Former Houston Mayor Bill White (pictured right) will narrowly defeat Gov. Hair in next years Texas gubernatorial election. Here is what the weekly news magazine had to say about next years heated election:"If Texas is emblematic of America’s ...
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• When in doubt, flaunt your faith, ignorance, and ideological fealty

  
  What Would Jack Do? — Authority: 442
  Texas Governor Rick Perry joked on Wednesday that Al Gore has "gone to hell.".... While speaking to a builders group in Dallas , Perry was asked about his relationship with the former vice president.... "Did you get religion? Did he get religion?" a man in the crowd asked. "What has happened since then?" The ...
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• Kinky to run for Ag Commissioner

  
  Pete's Place — Authority: 123
  The Democratic nomination for governor is shaping up as a two-person race between Bill White, the former Houston mayor and the candidate with all the political clout, and Farouk Shami, the hair and skin products business owner and the candidate with all the personal wealth he needs to buy the nomination. So where does ...
  1 week ago

• In Texas, a showdown at GOP corral

  
  TexasFred — Authority: 517
  In Texas, a showdown at GOP corral AUSTIN, Texas – Rick Perry, the state’s swashbuckling Republican governor, says his opponent spends tax dollars too freely. She’s too liberal. She’s too Washington. She doesn’t get what he calls “Texas values.”One might imagine Perry’s opponent to be a Democrat, but ...
  2 weeks ago

• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Dec 14, 2009

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 558
  TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air.BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of Progress.The Stonewall Democrats of Denton County denounce Rep. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Dec 14, 2009

  
  TruthHugger — Authority: 549
  TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air . BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of Progress . The Stonewall Democrats of Denton ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hey, its not like we have to worry about a recession or anything

  
  What Would Jack Do? — Authority: 442
  Rep. Joe Barton, who considers the BCS part of the axis of evil, is incandescent, and prepared. Last January, this 13-term Republican, whose district includes Cowboys Stadium and nearly nuzzles TCU in Fort Worth, introduced the College Football Playoff Act of 2009, which says: It shall be unlawful to "promote, market, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Religious Right FAILS

  
  Sarx — Authority: 131
  The Agonizing (yet Most Entertaining) Death Throes of America’s Bourgeois Christian Cults : Glory to God for All things. “‘But the religious right failed. “ I don’t know a thing about the new Mayor’s politics. I tend to imagine she is at least as conservative as the usual dixiecrats ie: a full-on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Houston Elects Openly Gay Mayor Annise Parker

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 558
  Finally Texans got it right. Houston the nations fourth largest city has elected Annise Parker as their next Mayor in a run off race with Gene Locke. Hopefully this will wake the rest of the state up that Texans are moving away from the Rick Perry George Bush bubba politics.Electing Parker says a lot for [...]
  2 weeks ago

• So...hatred is a Christian value? Or just a Republican one?

  
  What Would Jack Do? — Authority: 442
  Gay-rights advocates, coming off stinging defeats of same-sex marriage legislation in New York and Maine, could get a boost this week in- of all places- deep red Texas. With a small lead in the polls, openly gay Houston City Controller Annise Parker could win the citys mayoral race this weekend. A victory would put ...
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• Barbara Ann Radnofsky:No Doubt

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 558
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• Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Awards Grant for 1st Scholar in Cancer Research

  
  Patrick Rose — Authority: 103
  AUSTIN, TX (December 9, 2009) – The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded its initial grant for a First-Time, Tenure Track Faculty Member to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The $2 million, 4-year grant will be utilized to recruit noted researcher Dr. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Waco Republican Party: Who needs Hispanic Republicans?

  
  Left of College Station — Authority: 134
  It seems that it would be essential to attract young people and people of color to a political party, especially if you want to grow a political party in a rapidly demographically changing state like Texas. However, the McLennan County Republican Party seems to believe that there is no need to adapt to these ...
  2 weeks ago

• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Dec 7, 2009

  
  TruthHugger — Authority: 549
  Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs. Power to the People! Head over to Texas Vox to learn more about the Fair Elections Now Act . Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful ...
  3 weeks ago

• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Dec 7, 2009

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 558
  Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs.Power to the People! Head over to Texas Vox to learn more about the Fair Elections Now Act.Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful lessons ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hank Gilbert Leaves the Governors Race

  
  True Blue Texan — Authority: 427
  Hank Gilbert, the candidate I was ready to endorse, vote for and volunteer for, has decided to leave the crowded Democratic field and return to his run for Agriculture Commissioner. To say, Im disappointed would be an understatement. I liked how this guy talked, how he acted and now hes bowed to the pressure of a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Candidate 101: The Dos and Do Nots of Blogger Relations

  
  m e a n r a c h e l — Authority: 414
  Tonight is the eve of the beginning of the filing period for the 2010 elections, which means that many rumored candidates who have been biding their time will need to step out of the outhouse and into the game. For all of the Democratic primary candidates out there, I thought Id offer ten general rules on how to ...
  3 weeks ago

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