Turning Texas Blue

Posts from February 2008

Posted by
Michael @ 1:51 pm
2008-02-23

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Breaking News: Hillary Comes to Houston Tonight

Meet the next Democratic Nominee for President of the United States
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Posted by
Chris @ 6:42 pm
2008-02-22

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Friday Links

A quick and dirty analysis, along with a fantastic graph, shows that heavily Hispanic counties are not seeing the same levels of early voting increases as the rest of the state. It’s hard not to imagine that this hurts Clinton.

Some more impressive number crunching predicts that Texas will end in a draw

Ron Paul, 10-term [...]


Bill Clinton’s University of Houston Rally Speech

I had some technical difficulty getting this video to you sooner but here we go. President Clinton had a smaller crowd gathered at the Hoffeinz Pavilion, but that allowed me to video record the first 10 minutes of his speech from up close. After the endorsement by Chris Bell, Clinton was introduced and he [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 10:38 pm

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Comments

The post has dropped off of the front page, but a lively discussion is still going on in the George Lopez comment thread. Drop in and leave your two cents.


Posted by
Chris @ 7:07 pm

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Live-blogging the debate

Showdown in Austin tonight! We’re watching and reacting in real-time. Read our full liveblog below the fold.
(image from CNN.com)


Posted by
Chris @ 4:17 am

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Chris Bell for Senate?!

Chris Bell, former US Congressman and 2004 Democratic gubernatorial candidate was at the University of Houston tonight to announce his endorsement of Hillary Clinton. We caught up with him after the rally and asked him about his future plans. He says that he will not be running for TX Governor again. When [...]


Posted by
Michael @ 3:35 am

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Bill Clinton Stumps for Hillary In Houston

Chris and I just got back from the Bill Clinton Rally for Hillary. The crowd was decidedly smaller than the Toyota Center for Obama yesterday, but no less energetic. In fact, it was a mostly younger and extremely ethnically diverse group of students, reflective of the UH demographics.

A full account and more pictures below the [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 2:46 am

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Bill Clinton Rally in Pictures

Bill Clinton spoke tonight at the University of Houston, trying to solidify support for Hillary in what has become a must-win state for her campaign. Michael and i were in attendance, and he’ll have a more complete write-up later. In the meantime, there are more pictures and some of my impressions from the [...]


Posted by
Ian @ 12:17 am

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Obama Rally Houston Photos

The crowd started gathering about 4:30 — more than an hour before doors opened.

More past the jump!


Posted by
Michael @ 7:04 pm
2008-02-20

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Bill Clinton Rallies at University Houston : Texas is Do or Die!

Bill Clinton will be at the University of Houston tonight in the Hoffheinz Pavillion! It’s raining quite a bit today. So stayed tuned for some pictures and impressions from the rally. We will post later tonight.
“If she wins in Texas and Ohio, I think she’ll be the nominee,” Clinton told several hundred supporters during [...]