Month: <span>August 2011</span>

Top 10 reasons to vote against Perry for president

There are more, but we have to stop somewhere, and I don’t want to be accused of piling on. The governor might consider it treasonously unTexan. # Starving public education – He recently signed a twoyear state budget that for the first time during his lifetime (more than 60 years) fails to fully fund Texas’ […]

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Perry should feel right at home

Anybody who has read this blog for a while knows better than to expect my applause for Rick Perry’s entry into the race for the Republican presidential nomination. But neither am I wringing my hands and proclaiming doom because he certainly hasn’t made the GOP field any worse. That would have been impossible. Perry is […]

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Charleston offers red meat and history for Perry

There is a lot of symbolism, real and imagined, in politics, which is why I find it interesting that Gov. Rick Perry has chosen Charleston, S.C., as the spot to make it clear on Saturday that he is, indeed, running for the Republican presidential nomination. Most likely, he picked Charleston because it is a major […]

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Republicans overspinning Wisconsin recall results

Republicans in Wisconsin are taking a lot of comfort from the fact that they still have a majority (one seat) in their state Senate, following yesterday’s recall elections against six Republican senators who voted earlier this year for Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to strip most collective bargaining rights from teachers and other public workers. Republicans, […]

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