It may turn out to be the passage of the Pre K 4 SA referendum championed by Julian Castro in San Antonio. We may look back on that in future years (and not too future, say 2018) and realize that it was the essential first step for a future governor or senator. Full confession: I wrote that I thought Castro was taking too big a risk too early in his career, but fortune favors the bold in politics.
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Blue Dogs says:
Burka, I do NOT see Perry running again for a 4th term because a majority of Texans do not want him back in the Governor’s Mansion again after 14 years in office.
Perry will gracefully leave on January 20, 2015 when his 3rd full term ends and focus on running for president in 2016.
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RPG Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
He is after all, all ego and has no chance of being elected dogcatcher outside of the deep south and Texas. Perry is a late night comedy joke.
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Bill Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 9:50 am
I’m sick of hearing about the left-wing Castro brothers! I wish the Mayor would run statewide in 2014 and take the drubbing that’s in his future! Those turkeys can’t win an election outside San Antonio!
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Just another joe says:
You mean it wasn’t your boyfriend winning a San Antonio to Bexar county congressional seat from his home in Austin?
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Just another joe Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Correction… San Antonio to El Paso county congressional seat.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:20 am
I’m married to Alicia De La Cruz, who is a girl you dumbass.
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Just Another Joe Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
I was not talking about you. I was refering to Pete Gallego, Paul’s little boyfriend.
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Tejaschica1 Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:57 am
I bet Alicia appreciates her name being spread around on this site.
Bodhisattva Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Classy, Joe.
paulburka Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 9:04 am
Re just another joe: That’s congressman Gallego to you.
WURSPH says:
Perry answered my question. See the AP story below.
At least he did not talk about Satan…but friendly, the people have spoken…hope we can all work together for the best of the country…it certainly IS NOT! But it is probably the most we could expect from Oops.
It sounds like he thinks he is off and running for 2016…Too bad for him, for Texas and for the nation.
AUSTIN, Texas —
Gov. Rick Perry is calling for the repeal of the White House-backed federal health care reform law and urging Washington to stop trampling states’ rights.
In a statement Wednesday reacting to Barack Obama’s re-election, Perry said Obama has “a chance to start over” and should “take steps this time to govern responsibly.”
He said the president “can put an end to his reckless disregard for our rule of law and spare our nation another long, painful and expensive four years.”
Perry briefly sought the Republican presidential nomination against Mitt Romney but flamed out after a series of public gaffes.
He said voters must force Obama and Congress “to once and for all cut spending, repeal Obamacare and withdraw federal encroachment into state decision-making and personal liberties.”
Copyright The Associated Press
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paulburka Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Perry would be a lot better off if he didn’t launch into diatribes against the president of the United States. The ugly persona he has adopted will get him the support of the worst elements of the Republican party and nobody else.
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
I think you hit the nail on the head, Paul. Whatever you think of his philosophy or ideas, there is a mean-spiritedness about him that people very quickly grow tired of.
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paulburka Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 9:07 am
The lust for power and croneyism have destroyed the Rick Perry I used to know.
formerly elected says:
And so it begins, Perry versus Clinton in 2016.
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Bell of the ball Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 10:54 am
I don’t care who the Dem might be, if Perry is the 2016 Prez nominee, I’m voting Dem! What a maroon!!
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:22 am
I tend to think Jindal will likely run for President since his tenure as Louisiana Governor is ending soon.
Look for Marco Rubio to be in the 2016 mix for the GOP.
As for the Democrats, Hillary will NOT be the nominee period due to folks wanting NEW BLOOD and she’s too old to be Prez. I expect either Andrew Cuomo, Martin O’Malley and Hickenlooper to be contenders on the Democratic side.
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BCinBCS Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 10:55 am
This is pure speculation but I predict that Hillary Clinton will run in 2016 and win. Why? Because she is going to inherit Obama’s formidable re-election organization, lock, stock and barrel, as a pay-back for Bill’s help in getting the President re-elected. It’s the old “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”.
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Blue Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:34 am
Won’t be Clinton–way too old.
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donuthin Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
won’t be Perry-way too dumb.
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paulburka Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
It won’t be Perry.
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Jerry Only Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
i see why youre called “formerly” elected.
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RPG Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
That wouldn;t even be fair….Hillary would chew him up like fatback. She may be too old…whtevr the Dem, would get a win.
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Not an editor.... Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
…yea, for about 10 minutes.
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Mike Alexander Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 7:04 am
I certainly hope so. Perry represents the demographics of the new Southern-based GOP. Back when the Dems were Southern-based, they never won the presidency without a Southerner on the ticket. There was a Southerner on the ticket in 2000 and 2005, but not in 1996, 2008 or 2012. Does the GOP really want to go 0 for 3 in 2016? Not only is Perry Southern, but he is also a conservative Protestant as well as a man of Northern-European ethnicity. Alone of the 2012 field, he had the right religion, race, sex and ethnicity.
The point of this is unlike the Mormon Romney or Latino Rubio, Perry can stand for the core identity of the GOP base without having to take an actual policy positions. Simply by being a Texan he is tough guy and so will not have to oppose immigration reform or call for huge increases in defense spending to prove his toughness. As a real Christian (as opposed to a Mormon or Catholic) he is automatically acceptable to the socially (i.e. religiously) conservative GOP base with having to take strongly opposing positions on abortion or gay marriage.
Of course he sometimes sounds like an idiot when he opens his mouth (e.g. his oops moment) but you can’t have everything.
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wopate says:
You mean Perry versus Perry.
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WURSPH says:
Actaully, it is probably more accurately Perry versus the 19th & 20th Centuries….
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SouthernComfort says:
Thank Lozano and Chuy, because of them we won’t have Raul Torres OR Yvonne Tourille stinking up our Capitol.
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AbeFroman Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:30 am
I’ll tell you one thing we have all learned, in some cases the hard way, never waste your money going up against Lozano. You might as well be lighting up cigars with 100′s and 50′s.
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Blue Dog Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:36 am
Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago? Sir I am a fan. I love your sausage.
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MayItPleaseTheCourt Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
did I read the trib right? Lozano raised nearly 1 Million Dollars since he became a Republican?
Texian Politico Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
“Do you speak English?” ”
“Uh, what country do you think this is?”
The above lines from the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off will now be removed from all future editions as a hate crime according to a ruling by the UN’s Commission on Human Rights.
Helen Wheels says:
Obama was so conciliatory and “let’s work together” in his speech. When is he going to admit he can’t work with these people? He should claim his mandate. The choice was clear and the people have spoken. If Romney had won by less than 1%, Rs would have claimed a huge “mandate” to appeal Obamacare and for every other action they wanted to take.
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garyfan Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:15 am
There’s not much of a mandate to be bold, Helen. Not with a 1% or so margin and a divided Congress.
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Anon Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Nowadays that is a mandate.
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Dave Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
2.3% and gains in both the House and Senate, but who’s counting?
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Read (former Treasury Secretary) Paul O’Neill’s book about how he was a misfit within the Bush 43 culture. He relates a story about advising a cautious economic policy since, after all, they’d only won in 2000 after the Supreme Court stepped in. Basically, Cheney said, “F*ck that. We have the office and we’re going to do whatever we want.” The GOPers who perseverate about Obama’s lack of a mandate sure have short memories.
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paulburka Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 9:00 am
I think Obama can fairly claim a mandate. He has won two presidential elections. His party picked up seats in both houses of Congress. He won both the electoral vote and the popular vote. He won all but one of the battleground states (North Carolina, which has one foot in the 21st century and one foot in the nineteenth), and he has transformed Virginia and Colorado into lean-blue states. He ended up winning Florida. He won every microconstituency except older white males. Romney was left with the interior Rocky Mountain states, almost all of which have single-digit electoral votes, the Great Plains states (ditto), and the Deep South, which reinforces the darker nature of the Republican constituency. California is irretrievably lost to the Republicans (Ed Rollins had something to say about that on election night).
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Distinguished Gentleman says:
My guess is that during his second term Obama will make extensive use of Executive Orders so as to by-pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
After all, wasn’t it by Executive Order last summer that he changed the rules for non-citizens who are youthful to have a path to citizenship?
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Blue Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Not quite–not path just work permits.
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GB Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Not a path; a pass. He directed an executive agency to avoid setting for removal hearings a certain subset of persons here illegally. It’s what your DA does all the time — set priorities on which crimes to prosecute with limitied resources. Hardly novel and hardly noteworthy were it not for the GOP and persons with no clue about immigration law getting their knickers in a twist.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:40 am
he used the exec order to win votes with the hispanics and he did 71%.
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SZ in SA says:
Perry is a joke. I hope he does run again for the GOP nomination in 2016. That would be very fun to watch.
Canseco refuses to concede to Gallego. “Irregularities.” Seems that one will go on for a while.
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Tiny jogging shorts says:
Way too soon talking up Castro…who knows what Davis may or may not do…same with Anchia. At some point there will be bloodshed among Ds who have bandied together but when the opportunity present itself I suspect you will see a much different story.
Hell, between now and 2018 Rs might actually improve their game among Hispanics.
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Nostradamus Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
if they can recruit more like Larry Gonzales, Villalba n Lozano, they have a shot. That’s why they are the only Hispanic R’s left. These are blue chip players. They are not extremists. They are Young, bilingual, smart, hardworking and from well known families in their respective districts. Anchia is watching the parade go by as a D. He is having to fight Trey Fischer and the other egomaniacs for the tiny tiny spotlight.
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Tom says:
Someone buy me a clue.
Why doesn’t the U.S. Senate force its members to actually stand up and engage in a filibuster, rather than let them force the Senate to come up with 60 votes. Once the filibuster is over (usually less than 24 hours), a majority vote is all that is needed.
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Jerry Only Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
because harry read is a repulsive assbag who wont force the issue. and because dems know if/when the senate goes back red they’ll be forced to play by the same rules.
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RPG Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Well, Jerry, judging by the rape afficiandos, tea bagging super patriots and Koch Brothers bagmen the GOP is running that may be a while.
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Vernon Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Agreed. A senator who wants to kill a bill by talking all night for hours on end should physically have to do it, instead of just saying, “Well, I woulda talked all night, but this way is just easier.”
That’s why all the crap amendments get pulled around 2am when the Texas House works on the budget. Everyone is too tired for their own nonsense by then.
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Hear, hear!
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Why is the market in the red?
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Alan Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Europe. Greek elections are also today.
Mr. Market just wants Bernanke to keep priming the pump as needed, and since a President Romney would have gotten rid of him in 2014, Obama’s reelection was a plus in that regard.
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Anon Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
As it has been several hundred times in the last 10 years? Business cycles, JBB? Earning reports? Nice try. Did you go to A&M?
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Anonymous says:
I haven’t read how the pre k 4 SA works. Is it a voucher program for private schools or companies?
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Robert says:
Yep, expanding city government well beyond normal boundaries and into running a gov’t daycare service called Pre-K will boost the apt-named Castro with liberals.
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Che says:
VIVA CASTRO!!!! VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!! Oh wait…what? He doesnt understand what I’m saying? He doesn’t speak Spanish? Well who the hell picked him to be the great brown hope for our party? What?!!!!!?!?!!? His mother hates the Alamo!!!!!?!?!” She ran on the La Raza Unida ticket with Ramsey Muniz?!?!?! WTF,!!!!!! What is next….r u gonna tell me he is Filipino now!!!!!?!?!?! Seriously before we hold up a candidate like the lion king, we should be a little wiser…..Castro on a statewide ticket will push more independents to the R side. Just ask Phil Hardberger. Castro was losing so bad he actually used the race card on Phil! It’s on tape too.
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Brown Bess Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Yeah, because everyone’s so worked up over the La Raza party of 40 years ago and the Alamo! This is why Republicans are dinosaurs.
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WakeUp Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:42 am
Dinosaurs are extinct. Much like Democrat Statewide office holders. Statewide, La Raza and shiting on the Alamo will hurt in a campaign.
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Tom says:
Here’s a snap shot of the Republican party: a bunch of old white men on medicare complaining about government spending.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
That sounds like Bill Clinton except he doesn’t stick his cigars in humidors.
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Big Enos says:
Anyone see Burt Solomons go off on Twitter today on the Tea Party lunatics? I wish he was still in office.
Anyone interested in forming a coalition to defeat the Tea Party?
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Anonymous Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Anyone around here have enough deep Texas political knowledge to talk about whether there are many R districts where you can stand up to the tea party and win the primary? I don’t, which is why I’m asking.
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centexliberal Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Ask Sid Miller where it is
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@ centexliberal Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Sid didn’t stand up to the Tea Party, he didn’t lose to a tea partier either.
paulburka Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Straus did.
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Anonymous says:
The best thing that happened last night is that Texas Republicans became the Albatross hung around the national Republican Party’s neck. All of the Hillbillies here in Texas can’t understand what happened nationally, so their natural reaction will be to double down on crazy. Fight the Feds. Fight Socialism, etc, etc, etc.
So when the national Republican Party tries to reshape itself so that it can win a national (not Texas), election, the Texas Republicans will try to stop them.
Immigration reform. Actual mathematically sound plans to reduce the deficit. I know, SOCIALISM! Dig in mouth breathers. You’ll have to fight everyone. Everyone. That Moderate Obama lover Chris Christie. Fight him, that traitor. Oh, and you better have an oxygen tank and some nitro glycerin handy, because all those old angry dudes are dying off, replaced by a lot of young professionals who don’t look or think anything like you. But don’t try and get their votes, double down on crazy.
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Anon Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:57 am
Sorta angry, there Anonymous. But….spot on.
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BCinBCS Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 11:06 am
What Anon@7:57 said.
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anonymous at 4:55 Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
This. So much this!
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Fred Fenster says:
Castro passed a tax increase to fund a school voucher program that will compete against public schools. I know some in the GOP are planning to invite him to testify for school choice during the session since he seems to support the idea.
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linda says:
Since Perry and Abbott are such states rights guys, will they defend Washington and Colorado where the LOCAL voters just passed marijuana legalization?
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WURSPH Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Personally, I am waiting to see what happens when one of those Kountz cheerleaders is an atheist and comes up with an atheist banner..Let’s see Oops and Quack-Quack feel about protecting her rights.
The problem is that I just do not know what she could say on an atheist banner:
“Logic and reason will lead us to victory”
“Darwin was right and we are the fittest”
Maybe we should have a contest.
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cheers Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 9:26 am
“Natural Selection will defeat our opponents”
“We are more evolved than you”
“Just try adapting to our defense!”
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Tom says:
Hidden fact. I was told the total number of votes cast in favor of democrats elected to Congress actually exceeds the total number of votes cast for Republicans elected to Congress.
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Dave Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 8:17 am
Yup. Dems won popular vote for Pres, Senate AND House. Only gerrymandering saved Boehner’s butt.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
But at least he didn’t cry – on camera.
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texun says:
Sorry, but Perry isn’t going away. He’s like a bad enchilada: he just keeps repeating.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
huh? stupid insiders are saying the market is falling because President Obama won. What do they know?
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Jim Sirbasku Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:28 am
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-index-futures-signal-higher-094021232.html
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Anon Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:59 am
JBB…you are buddys with insiders? Or are those insiders on Fox News? Of course the market woudl fall off a bit. But Obamas first term had it come up how much? Get real, accept the new America and hurry up with those fries.
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Tom Barry Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:31 am
The stock market would have fallen even if Romney had won. The “fiscal cliff” would still have been there and Europe would still have had the fiscal bad news. But this is mere reality, which in some quarters doesn’t get the same respect as wishful thinking and Monday morning quarterbacking.
key says:
learn to live with a government run by crooks and when he finishes appointing judges, there’ll be no justice…
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John Johnson says:
OK, Paul…it appears that Castro and Wendy Davis are on a collision course. I read a pundit in the ST this morning who said Wendy’s star was shining a bit brighter than Castro’s.
There is no doubt in my mind that Wendy is a better legislator and has more experience. In 4 years will Hispanic Texans support the Anglo female or the Latino male?
I will add that Wendy has garnered lots of support over the years from Fort Worth’s Hispanic community. They know her personally, and she has served them well.
What say you?
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BCinBCS Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 11:10 am
JJ, don’t you think that there’s room for both in the party?
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paulburka Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Davis has more crossover appeal than Castro. But Castro is better known than Davis at the moment, due to the boost he got from the keynote address.
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John Johnson says:
Sure there is, but who is going to defer to the other? At some point in time, it is bound to happen.
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FLPD Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Since the Lt. Governor (excluding the current officeholder) historically has been more powerful than the governor, couldn’t the two be an outstanding Democratic ticket? As you accurately remind us from time-to-time, Senator Davis is very astute. She might actually prefer the less ceremonial and more policy-oriented office of Lt. Governor.
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WURSPH Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
If we still have a GOP majority in the Senate, the minute we got a Democratic Lt. Governor the Senate would change its Rules and strip him/her of all the power. 99.9% of the power comes from those Rules and tradition…and it only takes 16 votes to junk all of that…
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FLPD Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Yes, I know the power comes from those rules. I also know that almost every senator secretly believes he or she might one day be the presiding officer, and I believe that is the reason they are very reluctant to change the rules no matter how much disdain they might have for the current officeholder.
@ WURSPH Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
If we ever had a Castro/Davis Gov. Lt. Gov “ticket,” or an equivalent statewide dem “ticket,” with any real chance, you can guarandamntee there won’t be a GOP majority in the senate.
Tom says:
Rick Perry, Ted Cruz and the Tea Party are doing us democrats a huge favor by believing more of the same is all the Republican Party needs. From today’s New York Times:
“Obama won 60 percent of the 18 to 29 year old vote and 52 percent of the 30-40 vote. He won 69 percent of the vote in big cities and 58 percent of the vote in mid-sized cities. He won 93 percent of the black vote and more than 70 percent of both the Asian vote and the Hispanic vote. He won over half of the female vote. And he won 76 percent of the gay, lesbian and bisexual vote.
Mitt Romney won the white vote, the male vote, the elderly vote, the small cities vote and the high-income vote.
The base of Democratic support in this country is expanding. The Republican base is shrinking, becoming more racially homogenous, more rural and older.
Reality made for a great rending of garments and gnashing of teeth among conservatives.”
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paulburka Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
This is all true. Look at the states Romney won. With the exception of North Carolina, it is states that don’t matter in the electoral college.
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retrocon Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 2:19 am
Of course the non-swing states matter. Even though the outcome can be taken for granted, states like California and Texas matter a great deal because they supply a large number of electors and give the respective parties a solid base they don’t have to worry about — the campaigns can focus elsewhere.
But we know what you meant. Romney had to sweep a few more swing states that Obama carried in 2008. States like Ohio and Virginia. He didn’t.
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Bodhisattva Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I just can’t figure out how Romney got 24 percent of the gay, lesbian and bisexual vote.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
why is the market still falling? Isn’t it susposed to go up on good news?
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BCinBCS Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Damn, JBB,
I would think that someone who consistently and publicly gets everything wrong would give it a rest for awhile!
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Anonymous says:
Johnnie, why don’t you predict which way the stock market will go tomorrow. I’ll do the exact opposite and make a BUNDLE. Dewhurst by 6-8. Romney electoral college landslide. Bwahahahahahaha!
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Pat says:
Burka, can you followup on Sid Miller’s comments? Ridiculous.
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paulburka Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
I don’t keep up with what Sid is saying, less so now than ever since he is out of office.
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Tex says:
JBB – You are truly brilliant. I love reading your comments on this blog. Are you related to Ernest Hemingway? Dude, if you really are trying to tie the last two days on the Dow to your (our) president’s re-election, so be it.
You don’t strike me as being too smart, but I would think if you are, you would have bought Smith & Wesson and Ruger stock and went long on the “green” energy companies as a hedge.
In the words of Claytie, relax and enjoy it, and buy Sandridge Mississippian Royalty Trust. 12.5 percent dividend. You can thank me later Brilliantino.
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Anonymous says:
I find Wendy to be shrill and annoying. But apparently her constituents don’t.
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John Johnson Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 6:58 am
I never was a big fan of the Steeler’s Terry Bradshaw. I thought he was a loon and a big cry baby…but you know what…he was one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game.
I’ll never again let someone’s looks, speaking style or wealth determine whether or not they get my vote. Wendy has all the attributes we should all look for in a politician even if you disagree with her position.
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cheers Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Anonymous: What a stupid, sexist comment.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
why is the stock market panicing?
http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/markets/articles/stock-market-stock-market-patterns-s2526p500/11/9/2012/id/45706?camp=syndication&medium=portals&from=yahoo
Oh crap we’ve reached the tipping point nowhere to go but down….more looters than producers.
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buy a clue Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 11:25 am
HAHAHA, you talking about moochers and looters is like a skunk complaining about something smelling bad. Oh the irony.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Liberals hate to be called liberals so should they be called moochers? Is moochers more pc now?
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ghostofann Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 1:39 am
Conservatives hate to be called conservatives so should they just be called dumbasses? Is dumbasses more pc now?
Blue Dogs says:
Burka, KRIV-TV Fox 26 Houston is reporting that George P. Bush (R) plans on running for political office in 2014 and is in the process of hiring campaign staff including campaign treasurer.
I’m betting he either runs for Land Commissioner or challenge Abbott in the primary for Governor in 2014 since Perry’s not running again.
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Lobster says:
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-elections/buying-votes-some-do-better-others/
Wow. Looks like we know who else will be on the R slate with George P. Bush.
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Tom Barry says:
For JBB: As of 10 a.m., Dow +6.73, Dow, +22.81, Nasdaq, +20.36.
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Tom Barry says:
Correction: S&P +6.73, DOW +22.81, Nasdaq +20.36…
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 11:51 am
wow up 6.73 after being down 500?
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Blue Dogs says:
Lobster, I’m thinking that George P. is either going to seek the governorship against Abbott (would be fun to see) or Land Commissioner.
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SpicyTuna says:
He won’t go against Abbott. But what ever other office he picks, the field will be cleared for him.
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Jim Sirbasku Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Why would the field be cleared for him? Why would the Tea Party embrace another big-spending Bush? Why would the Republican primary voters accept someone who is going to position himself as moderate on immigration?
Let’s not forget that the craziest people in Texas are the Republican primary voters. Craziest in Texas puts them in the running for craziest worldwide.
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NiceTry Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Jim Sirbasku, I’m sorry to burst your liberal bubble but George P. Bush and the other Hispanic R’s have been embraced by the Republican party. I know you want George P to face a difficult primary because 1. You know he will trounce any democrat in November and 2. You so desperately want to use the disproven line that republicans don’t like Hispanics.
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Another Wilco Voter Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 11:31 pm
George P has been embraced by the Republican establishment. Not likely he can win a primary unless he appeals to the Tea Party. At least, I’m 2014. After that, maybe he can win a primary without them. By 2016, either the TP or the Establishment will have gone toes up.
Anonymous says:
In the scheme of things, Castro’s initiative isn’t that important.
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GoodOlPhil Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Castro won because the play makers in Austin all agreed to let him win. Trust me, Phil Hardberger and the rest of the S.A. Power brokers let him win. But they still control SA. Now that he is playing the race card again, all bets are off and Castro will lose his next election.
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Anonymous Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 5:15 am
Castro won because the people of SA understand demographics and their exploding population of little kids. Pay a little now or a lot more later. Just ask the Bush School at A&M: http://bush.tamu.edu/research/capstones/mpsa/projects/TECEC2006/ExecutiveSummary-ACost-BenefitAnalysiofHigh-QualityUniversally-AccessiblePre-KindergartenEducationInTexas.pdf
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Dave says:
Anyone seen ‘I KNOW’?
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Tom says:
And today, we’re one step closer to sending the hammer to the slammer:
DeLay co-defendant pleads guilty
By Laylan Copelin
American-Statesman Staff
Austinite John Colyandro, a co-defendant in the Tom DeLay money-laundering case, pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of illegally accepting political contributions during the 2002 election.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
democrats think they got a mandate? No not that kind…
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Bevo's Brain says:
Sorry NuceTry, but George P. Bush is not the answer for Republicans. He’s a Florida Boy transplant and he is underwhelming lots of Republican Primary voters. Frankly, he is coming across to lots of people he meets with as an entitled prick. If ever there was a modern day Little Lord Fauntleroy, is is little George P.
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Leslie Knope says:
Quit feeding the trolls in here people…
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ErnestTBass says:
Did anybody hear Karl Rove’s nonsensical ranting/crying on Fox news election night? I was switching over between CNN and Fox because I like to watch the Fox idiots whining when they finally found out that telling lies and making up poll numbers does not work when an actual VOTE takes place. Anyway, Karl made an absolute idiot of himself spouting off all the numbers and reasons why they shouldn’t call the Ohio election for Obama just yet. Then the guy in the war room came out and told him he was 99.9% sure of the result. I thought it was hilarious. Especially since Karl raised and spent $330 million for Romney. Funny stuff. The Repubs really need to tell the Teabaggers to start their own party. They are ruining it for real, center-right Republicans on the national scene…
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Vernon Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
As soon as CNN “called it”, I turned it to Fox. I caught that little episode from beginning to end and immediately knew I was watching something special.
Rove was saying that since there was only a 400+ vote margin when Fox called Ohio and there was still many districts to report…it was too early to call it. What he didn’t know, what the War Room knew, was that the districts that still had to report in were all solidly blue districts.
I couldn’t stop thinking “If Fox News anchors keep telling you and insisting to you that the Republican lost, maybe you should just take their word for it.”
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JC Reply:
November 9th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
I agree. If the Republicans had followed a moderate line and ignored the teabagger nuts, they could have captured more votes. Also, single women voted for Obama almost as a bloc because of the Republican hardline about birth control and abortions. Women are not ready to give up their freedom and ability to choose their own paths. If Republicans want less government interference in healthcare, it should start with them backing off women’s health issues.
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Tom Barry says:
Rove, Dickie Morris, et alia, have been putting the shuck on Republicans for years. Here’s a good exchange:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/joe-scarborough-election-republians-obama_n_2100463.html?utm_hp_ref=media
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 10th, 2012 at 6:07 am
wow they nailed a total and absolute loss for republicans and Americans.
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Kenneth D. Franks says:
For the Republican party, they nailed a loss. They couldn’t buy the election and voter suppression failed. The Democratic Party held the Senate as I predicted and Obama’s Electoral College victory was even larger than my prediction.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Aggies 29 Alabama 24 How about them apples boy!
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Dave Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 11:07 am
Any team that beats Alabama is OK in my book.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 11:20 am
HEY, watch it folks, that’s my team boyz.
Half of my family graduated from there and Alabama will bounce back and easily destroy Georgia in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta in December, plus they need both Notre Dame and Kansas State to choke.
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Dave Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Pretty sure GA will roll the Tide. Bama looked pretty Romney-like out there.
Blue Dogs Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Dave, Georgia will CHOKE in the SEC Championship game, just like they did last year against LSU.
Alabama will bounce back and they need Kansas State and Notre Dame choking to Texas and USC respectively.
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Jim Sirbasku says:
JBB–You did not go to A&M. While you are free to root for them, please quit pretending that you are one of them.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I never said I went to A&M are you hallucinating again? I’m just glad Texas has one winning football team.
Jim why do liberals like you enjoy being wrong so much? Oh wait I see you’re a liberal
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Anonymous Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Oh yeah coming from the guy that said Dewhurst would win by 6-8 points, and no way Obama could be re-elected.
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Anon Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 8:04 am
JBB, you are a hot air windbag.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Texas Tech is 7-3 and on track to go 9-3, possibly playing for the Cotton Bowl in Arlington against either South Carolina or LSU.
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Jim Sirbasku says:
You seem to know a lot about me. Have you profiled me with one of your silly tests?
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 12th, 2012 at 5:24 am
actually I know more about you than you think. After all I do criminal profiling for the gov.
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Blue Dogs says:
Books, Dewhurst lost his Senate bid in July because Cruz had the Tea Party coming out in droves for him and it didn’t help that the Dew wasted $25 million of his own money to get clobbered in a primary he was supposed to win.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
yes I’m aware of why Dewhurst lost and why he would have made a better senator than the smooth talking lawyer. Just as I’m also aware of why Romney lost and why he would have been a better president than the smooth talking lawyer.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 13th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Books, there’s something that folks love about smooth talking lawyers.
Hell, Texans voted for Perry 3 times as governor over a mega-wealthy billionaire oilman, a washed up former US Congressman from Houston, a bitter pissed off diva Comptroller and a popular Houston Mayor to boot.
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Democrat and Unashamed says:
Hillary is not technically too old to run in 2016. Reagan started his presidency at age 70 and completed his second term at 78. Granted, he probably had the beginnings of his Alzheimer’s then and it made me nervous to hear about him falling asleep in cabinet meetings. But being president in post-retirement years has been done before. Hillary will be 69 in 2016.
Honestly, though, I don’t know why anyone would want to spend their 70s being mercilessly beat up by Republicans.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Apparently Hillary would rather jet off to wine tastings on the tax payer’s dime.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
November 14th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Would Hillary pull a Jerry Brown and refuse to live in the White House if elected ?
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