Politics & Policy
September 30, 2013
Republican Civil War
How long can the Republican party endure the civil war that is raging between tea party conservatives and mainstream conservatives?
Texas GOP
Politics & Policy
June 24, 2010
State GOP platform calls for “enforcement” of planks
This is another bad idea from Wayne Christian, who has no shortage of them: Require Republican candidates to support the party platform (which he was in charge of writing) or run the risk of retribution. Here are the provisions that seek to bind candidates to support the platform. The State
Politics & Policy
June 14, 2010
Why Munisteri’s victory matters
Political parties have not been major players in recent Texas politics. The Democratic party apparatus is essentially a collection of major county chairs, and the Republican party hasn’t been a force since Fred Meyer was ousted as chairman. The election of Steve Munisteri as GOP chairman at the state convention
Politics & Policy
March 12, 2009
Texas GOP uses Voter I.D. hearing to raise $$$
Here’s the e-mail, dated March 11: We expected and prepared for anything at yesterday’s Senate hearing on Voter ID legislation. Let me tell you — the liberal Democrats in Austin did not disappoint on that front. Hundreds of concerned Texans showed up as early as 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning