Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
With the Democratic presidential candidates criss-crossing Texas to stump for “change” and “a better future,” longtime Travis County DA Ronnie Earle held a news conference today to talk about restoring Austin’s congressional seat to the glory days of Lyndon B. Johnson and J.J. “Jake” Pickle.
Earle endorsed Dan Grant for Congressional ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
For years Democrats were left to ponder such deep philosophical questions as, "If I vote in a Presidential primary, and the winner has already been decided, is it still voting?"
This year is very different though. Democrats appear to have fallen "butt backwards" into a little luck.
At the midway point ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Elise Hu does a great job framing this thing, so we won't. We just wish these types of questions had been asked back when it really mattered.
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
The fate of SMD's seems to be hinging on the clock...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
The Maine exploded, the Teddy Bear was introduced and Galileo, Susan B. Anthony, Matt Groening and Elliott Naishtat were born.
Only one of the above is likely to show up at your party for the free...carrot sticks
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
for City Council Place #4:
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Jason Meeker's campaign consultants sent out a media advisory today announcing a press conference tomorrow to officially get into the race against Lee Leffingwell. Unsurprisingly, he is holding it across from his Alamo Northcross Mall.
InFact Daily reported today that Meeker is using Brewster's guys to run his race. So ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Fresh from his campaign on behalf of the cancer research fund last November, Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong has been dropping hints that he might jump feet-first into the political fray, starting with a possible run in 2010 for Rick Perry’s job.
Governor Lance? The reaction has been, shall ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Looks like we will get to find out soon enough.
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
This weekend, Central Texas congressional candidate Larry Joe Doherty of Houston, whose campaign has been dogged by a series of run-ins with the truth, told the Harris County Tejano Democrats that a leading party stalwart in Washington had tried to talk his opponent into getting out of the race.
An interesting ...
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