Runoff Time! Texas goes back to the polls next week
It certainly seems as though Texas can't just settle elections and have them done with.Just a couple of months ago, Texas voters went to the polls for primary elections. But that isn't enough! Now,...
View ArticleThe true meaning of the Texas Senate runoff
Just a few hours ago, Ted Cruz, in a result that would have been a shock to everyone almost a year ago, won the Republican runoff for Texas's open Senate seat by a smashing 58-42 margin of Lieutenant...
View ArticleAh, the joys of living in a red state.
So, today, I logged into my Facebook account to find dozens of status updates from "friends" about how they ate Chick-Fil-A for both breakfast AND lunch.(Note: For many of them, this is probably just a...
View ArticlePaul Ryan isn't a deficit hawk. He's a sociopath.
This one will be brief. Paul Ryan is beloved by the Tea Party because he's willing to take tough political stands to do something about the deficit, right?Well, let's talk about what created the...
View ArticleConcern trolling about Democrats' demographic destiny
Most everybody knows that President Obama got reelected by running up the score with minorities while losing white voters by 20 points. That's great, but the Republicans (at least, the few who still...
View ArticleSorry, but the GOP has already won the fiscal cliff talks.
Oh, sure, President Obama and the Democrats might get some concessions on the fiscal cliff. The Bush tax cuts might just expire on incomes over $250,000.But, well... that's about it.Everybody knows...
View ArticleReally, RW? You're going to complain about politicizing a tragedy?
There is no doubt that the deaths of 20 children in an elementary school in Connecticut is a deep, disturbing tragedy.There is also no doubt that this country needs to have a serious and honest...
View ArticleWhat I've just discovered
If the Bush tax cuts -- all of them, NOT just those on the wealthy -- are allowed to expire, in 2013 (assuming I make the same income that I am this year, which isn't a given since much of my income...
View ArticleNope. That's not a violation of civil liberties or anything.
With the New Year approaching, cities across the country are figuring out ways to deal with people who go a little... ahem... overboard in ringing in the New Year. The Dallas Police Department will...
View ArticleDoes the GOP really want to go down this road?
So, the GOP thinks they've found a scandal that will prove to everyone, once and for all, that President Obama is the shady, backroom Chicago politician who keeps an enemies list and uses the power of...
View ArticlePlease. Stop with the demographics nonsense.
Piggybacking on gjohnsit's excellent diary from earlier today, I'd like to make a few points.People keep talking about how the Republican Party is doomed in the future because of "demographics,"...
View ArticleA few thoughts on Fisher v. Texas
Texas has been in the news a lot this week -- from state Sen. Wendy Davis's epic filibuster against a set of "small government" abortion restrictions, to AG Greg Abbott's announcement that in light of...
View ArticleStop focusing on 20 weeks.
What's been irking me about the recent spat of anti-choice bills passing through state legislatures (and even Congress) is that the media only seems to be focused on the fact that the bills ban...
View ArticleTX-Gov: No, our chances didn't just go out the window.
When Rick Perry announced that he wouldn't be running for a fourth term in the Governor's mansion, while some were glad that we'd be finally getting rid of him, others immediately wrote off the...
View ArticleZimmerman and self-fulfilling prophecies
Why do people carry guns?Many people carry guns for protection against crime. Yet, like George Zimmerman, many of them suddenly start to see criminals (or potential criminals) everywhere. An unarmed...
View ArticleNo, Harry Reid didn't cave on the filibuster.
So, Harry Reid didn't go down the path of the "nuclear option" in order to get Richard Cordray appointed as director of the CFPB.But this wasn't a cave by Reid. Reid got what he wanted; the...
View ArticleFederal prosecutor under investigation for racist Facebook posts
When you are accused of a crime, these are the type of people who may be prosecuting your case:A screen capture of the Facebook interaction emailed to the Houston Chronicle showed comments Craft made...
View ArticleThe best argument against voter ID
Here's the story of basically every time I've gone to vote here in Texas.When I arrive at the polling station, I present my voter registration card to the registrar. The registrar looks at the...
View ArticleTed Cruz spills the beans
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-disowned by Canada) is one of those guys the far right likes to call a "truth-teller," because he's a politician who has figured out what the far right likes to hear and says it out...
View ArticleTexas AG candidate: "Unborn babies would have voted Republican"
Oh, Barry Smitherman.Who the hell is Barry Smitherman, you're probably asking? Well, he's currently a Texas Railroad Commissioner (in charge of regulating the oil and gas industry, despite the name)...
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