Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Rick Perry
“We’ve got roads to build and agencies to fix and health care to be dispensed and cancers to cure. And that’s what I’m focusing on.”
Trans-Texas corridor
Politics & Policy
August 15, 2011
Is the Trans-Texas Corridor the next Perry flip-flop?
He had already reversed himself on his statement that it was fine with him if New York chose to allow gay marriage; it was a matter of states’ rights. Now he is reversing himself on his HPV edict of 2007. A couple of things to remember about that episode: One
Politics & Policy
October 23, 2009
Rick, Kay, and Eminent Domain
This was the Hutchison campaign’s daily blast at Perry for today: Rick Perry continues to avoid critical questions about the Trans-Texas Corridor. While he may think his proposal to seize nearly 600,000 acres of private property is dead and a settled matter, the question for some has turned to how
Politics & Policy
October 12, 2009
Cronyism and the Corridor
This is a scary story. The Statesman reported yesterday that Governor Perry is removing Linus Wright, a former Dallas school superintendent, as chair of the board that oversees the $88 billion Teacher Retirement System and will replace him with a current board member who is also a member
Politics & Policy
October 9, 2009
Is the Trans-Texas Corridor really dead?
The flap over the Corridor reminds me of a law school hypothetical. If A shoots B, inflicting a wound so serious that death is imminent, and C then fires a second shot, which also would be fatal, moments before B expires, is C guilty of murder? The answer is yes.
Politics & Policy
October 3, 2009
Hutchison to get Farm Bureau endorsement?
A commenter to my blog post, “More on the Perry Agenda,” suggests that because of Perry’s support for the Trans-Texas Corridor, Hutchison is likely to get the Farm Bureau endorsement. While comments on blogs are hardly reliable sources, I find this one credible because (1) a Republican consultant told me
Politics & Policy
March 8, 2009
The Week in Review
This post has been revised since its initial publication. 1. The Tom Schieffer candidacy. Patricia Kilday Hart and I interviewed Tom Schieffer about his race for the Democratic nomination governor. Interestingly, Schieffer asked to go off the record before the interview to discuss the events that led to his being
Politics & Policy
January 27, 2009
State of the Governor’s Race
The context of Perry’s State of the State speech is that it takes place during a governor’s race in which he is no better than even-money to win. His remarks will be closely watched for clues about how he plans to position himself in his career-risking battle against Kay Bailey
Politics & Policy
December 1, 2006
His Way or the Highway
Rick Perry’s Trans-Texas corridor conundrum.