Turning Texas Blue

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Chris @ 2:46 am
2008-02-21

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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
Chris @ 2:53 am
2008-02-20

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Obama Rally in Houston

Today, Obama began stumping deep in the heart of Texas, where he drew 19,000 suporters to a rally in downtown Houston. I imagine it would have been more, but they ran out of tickets quite quickly, and still had lots of people on standby, hoping for a chance to get in.
An hour before the [...]


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Chris @ 5:51 pm
2008-02-17

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Just Words?

Obama fires back at Clinton’s repeated claims that his campaign is lacking substance.


News Roundup

Texas Superdelegate watch
New poll shows Obama up 11 points in Wisconsin
Obama mysteriously got zero votes in 80 heavily african-american districs in New York. There’s no evidence of foul play and the official tallies are under way. This may swing a few delegates Barack’s way.
The Chronicle rounds up Clinton and Obama’s views on hot [...]


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Chris @ 10:10 pm
2008-02-16

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More on Michigan and Florida

In case you’ve been living under a rock, a controversial issue this year is whether voters from Florida and Michigan should have their delegates seated at the Democratic convention. Both states ignored party warnings and moved their primaries up to a date earlier than the rules allowed. As punishment, they’ve had their delegates [...]


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Chris @ 4:40 pm

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Excuse the mess

We’re doing a little remodeling around here. We should be done later this afternoon.
Update: All done. Let us know in the comments if you find any glitches.


Posted by
Chris @ 8:06 pm
2008-02-15

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Biases

In the name of transparency, I feel like we should disclose our author’s biases. Ian, Roy, and I are pulling for Obama to win the nomination. Michael is a strong Hillary supporter. I think I speak for all of us, though when I say that we’ll be supporting either one of these [...]


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Chris @ 7:38 pm

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News roundup

Obama is gaining ground quickly on Clinton here in Texas. One poll from ARG even shows him ahead (though its likely to be an outlier). And Clinton’s vaunted advantage among Latino voters? Fugeddaboutit - ARG polls it as only a 2% margin.

Cornyn and his cronies are already gunning for Rick Noriega, the [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 5:44 pm
2008-02-13

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News Roundup

Hillary Clinton draws 12,000 supporters to a rally in El Paso
Arguably the most popular texas weblog, Burnt Orange Report, endorses Barack Obama today and follows it up with a detailed analysis of how they believe Obama will win Texas.
Want to see the debate in Austin? Too bad. KXAN reports that the event will [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 3:20 pm
2008-02-12

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Reminder

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