Election 2010

Perhaps, Rick Perry has learned a thing or two about being a career politician. His Washington style political approach puts some long time congress-members to shame.

Texas Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Bill White has pounced on some of the shenanigans that Perry has involved himself in. The White campaign notes, "Rick Perry recently asked reporters to use a dictionary to look up the definition of the phrase ‘act of god. Perhaps they should also look up the definition of kickback."

Oh snap! Them are some fighting words! It seems that Perry may have use the Texas Enterprise Fund to provide "kickbacks" to friends and supports ergo Peter M. Holt of Caterpillar Inc.  Read More »

Fact check: Premiums would rise under Obama plan - Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level off with time. But don't look for a rollback. Instead, the main reason premiums would be more affordable is that new government tax credits would help cover the cost for millions of people.

The Associated Press has a nice hit piece on the proposed benefits of the Obama Health Care Reform bill. Even upon reading and comprehending the article one can easily see that semantics are the root support of this flawed piece.  Read More »

As I talk to friends and family about the upcoming Texas election where we have a chance to finally send that damn Aggie in Longhorn land packing … it dawned on me that Bill White will need to approach this race on the aggressive side and make King Perry defend every action for the past ten years.

For example, the budget … the economy is a land mine of an issue when it comes to politics for Democrats because one bad move and “boom” you have undermined your cause. Republicans are crafty and keen on distorting your words.

One shortcoming on White’s resume would have to be the City of Houston budget. It is not because he is at fault of the financial constraints we face … it is that he did not do enough to alienate himself from the problem to rid himself of any blame.  Read More »

In what seemed like a blink of an eye and **flash** we have now concluded the March Primary here in Texas. The following is the list of winners on the Democratic ticket who will challenge the Republican nominees this November. Only a handful of races were not decided and those my friends are destined for runoff treatment.

FEDERAL

U.S. House District 18 – Sheila Jackson Lee

U.S. House District 22 – Kesha Rogers

STATE

Governor – Bill White

Lieutenant Governor – Linda Chavez-Thompson

Land Commissioner – Hector Uribe

Agriculture Commissioner – Hank Gilbert

State House District 27 – Ron Reynolds

State House District 146 – Borris Miles

DISTRICT

Judge, 113th District – Christina Bryan

Judge, 157th District – Shawn Thierry  Read More »

My recommendations after the jump!  Read More »

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