“We westerners know the difference between a real talker and the real deal,” Cheney told supporters at Hobby Airport in Houston. “When it comes to being conservative, Kay Bailey Hutchison is the real deal.”
2010 elections
Posted inState Government
Texas Weekly: Solutions, Not Sound Bites
In Texas, Republicans have run the show for the past decade, but Texas remains strong despite their failure to lead.
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Working Overtime
Kay Bailey Hutchison used to like term limits. And then she didn’t. And then she did. Not surprisingly, her rivals are quick to point out the contradiction.
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Transportation
HuTube: The Transportation Funding Quagmire
Governor Rick Perry admits the state needs more money to pay for new roads. But he doesn’t agree with the Texas Senate Transportation Committee Chairman on how to pay for them.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Your Turn to Make Word Clouds
An easy guide to visualizing tweets.
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The GOP Primary in 140 Characters
What the Twitter contest between Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina tells us about their campaigns for governor.
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A Candidate to Dye For
Farouk Shami, a hair stylist turned hair products entrepreneur, will announce his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor this week.
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Texas Weekly: The Texas Way
This is reform? No, it is insanity. It is certainly not the Texas way of doing business. These Democratic policies will greatly hurt the state of Texas.
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State Government
TribBlog: In his own words
The full text from state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh’s e-mail response to The Texas Tribune for the story “Shapleigh Ever After” is pretty illuminating. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.
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State Government
Shapleigh Ever After
The longtime El Paso state senator, who said last month that he would not run for reelection, hasn’t revealed his statewide ambitions, but his public and private remarks leave little doubt that he’s seriously considering a gubernatorial bid.
