November 2010 – Page 2 of 2

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November 2, 2010

Back to the Stone Age

These are the most amazing numbers I have ever seen. The Republicans are bombing the Democrats back to the Stone Age. Amazing stuff. Republican Charlie Garza is beating Democratic incumbent Rene Nunez in a State Board of Education race in El Paso, of all places. Seems impossible, though Nunez is

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November 2, 2010

Jeb Bush: “Victories not a validation of the GOP”

Here is what Jeb was quoted as saying in the New York Times: “The looming victories for Republican candidates next Tuesday [are] not a validation of the Republican Party at all….Instead, they reflect “a repudiation of the massive overreach” by Mr. Obama and Democrats and “disgust with the political

Politics & Policy|
November 1, 2010

White noise

The following blog article was written by Mark P. Jones of the Baker Institute at Rice University and appeared in today’s Houston Chronicle. Benchmarks for Bill White on November 2 Bill White’s overriding goal on November 2 is to be elected governor of Texas. In the event he is

Politics & Policy|
November 1, 2010

Another view of the “Urban Tsunami”

This post replaces a previous version. It is based on information from one Robert Miller, with information compiled by Ryan Data & Research (see earlier post, “R analyst predicts urban tsunami”). I’ll try not to get too deep in the weeds here, but … in the earlier version, I posted

Politics & Policy|
November 1, 2010

One last poll

Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm that at one time had the governor’s race as extremely competitive, says in its final poll that Perry will defeat White by 53% to 44%.

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