Politics & Policy
September 10, 2015
The Good News for Texas Democrats
It's not much, but it's what they have.
Texas Democrats
Politics & Policy
February 23, 2010
Found in the Democratic party’s dumpster
Sifting through the dumpster behind the Democratic party headquarters, I came across discarded copies of this memo. From: Your Democratic leaders To: All Democratic voters Re: Election strategy To all Democrats in Texas: We have determined that the best strategy for Democrats in this election is to vote in the
Politics & Policy
January 6, 2010
Lone Star Project: “Strongest slate of candidates in years”
From a release by the Washington-based Lone Star project: With 2010 candidate filing now closed, it’s apparent that Texas Democrats have filed their strongest slate of candidates in years. We can expect that our ticket will be led by Houston Mayor Bill White who brings an impressive resume and unquestioned
Politics & Policy
April 16, 2009
Senate Democrats seek federal guidance on stimulus money
Senate Democrats sent a letter today to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asking for clarification about the use of State Fiscal Stabilization Funds in its recently-adopted budget, specifically whether the spending plan incorrectly supplants general revenue with federal money intended for schools. "We are requesting specific guidance on whether the
Politics & Policy
December 20, 2008
How the Democrats can win
Houtopia, a Bayou City blogger, offered this comment to my sourpuss post about why Chris Bell lost. I am going to publish it here, because I think it is very smart, without being right. Mostly I agree that this race was lost for Bell the moment the Austin
Politics & Policy
November 5, 2008
THE SPEAKER’S RACE: D’s GAIN 3 SEATS, R’S MAINTAIN BARE MAJORITY
In a nutshell: Democrats did very well in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In the rest of the state, not so well. Their hopes for picking up multiple seats in Harris County did not bear fruit. They lost one of their few rural seats in Robbie Cook's old district. I'm going
Politics & Policy
November 4, 2008
The Democratic Pledge: why it won’t work
Why is it that the Democrats insist on trying to act bossy? Is it genetic? Can’t they help themselves? The demand upon party discipline before they have won a majority is foolish. My last post on this subject was, I have to admit, a bit on the hysterical side, and
Politics & Policy
October 28, 2008
D’s say Davis is leading Brimer
This is a report from a Democratic operative who is involved in the race. “If you add up the early voters with previous Democratic primary history, and ad up the early voters with previous Republican primary history, and then give Republicans 70% of the voters with unknown primary histories, [Wendy]