Texas’s recent primary season offers a blueprint for how the Republican party could reform itself in the post-Trump era.
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I don’t think Republicans recognize what is happening to their party in Texas. The GOP is verging on irrelevance. The failure of Texas to land the Republican national convention should have been a wake-up call for the state party. There was a reason why the Republicans chose Cleveland over Dallas:…
What the candidates running for lieutenant governor are saying in their campaign says a lot about Texas.
Acting like a rube used to be the best way to get ahead in politics. Now something crazier is required.
“The University of Texas will change its colors to maroon and white before Texas goes purple, much less blue.” – Rick Perry, always thinking about college football (just like all of us). (From the Wall Street Journal. For the back story, read Erica Greider’s Thursday column.)…
Cruz argues that Republicans support limited government because they believe that’s what best creates opportunity, and therefore progress.
The former advisor to Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich penned an op-ed in US News & World Reports urging the party not to abandon its values in a rush towards the center after the election.
And he wouldn't have it any other way. The Humble congressman is an “oratory throwback,” infamous for giving a record number of speeches in the House.
