Turning Texas Blue

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Posted by
Michael @ 9:14 pm
2008-03-01

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Early Voting Ends in Texas. It’s Down to the Wire

Over the last couple of weeks, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been waging fierce advertising campaigns here in Texas. Not a day will go by when I don’t hear ads for either presidential candidate over my radio or see bumper stickers in the city streets of Houston.
While, Obama has largely been playing catch [...]


Posted by
Ian @ 10:52 pm
2008-02-29

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CS Monitor: Rising Democratic Tide in TX

The Christian Science Monitor discusses the effect of a heated Democratic primary in driving renewed interest in the Democratic Party itself. The visibility of the contest is bringing Texas Democrats back into public life after a long hibernation of assumed irrelevance:
For most of his life Ken Stubbe has voted for Democrats for president. [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 7:51 pm
2008-02-28

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Early Voting

Early voting numbers are WAY up in Texas. As in, almost a half-million Democratic voters have voted early. Those numbers are just astronomical.


Posted by
Michael @ 1:20 pm

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My Response To Senator Cornyn - Tiahrt Amendment

Dear Senator Cornyn,
I strongly disagree that harsher criminal sentences would deter the likes of would be fanatical terrorists and psychologically disturbed gunmen. In today’s age, where terror can strike anywhere and by anyone it seems imprudent of our government to restrict funding to allow law enforcement agencies and the public from utilizing critical programs that [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 4:44 pm
2008-02-26

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Eerie Parallels

Hillary Clinton = Reese Witherspoon?


Posted by
Chris @ 4:44 pm

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Dodd endorses Obama

Chris Dodd will endorse Barack Obama today, becoming the first dem dropout to endorse a candidate.


Posted by
Chris @ 7:16 pm
2008-02-24

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Nader is running again

Ralph Nader is running for president again
Anonymous has a few choice words for Mr Nader.


Posted by
Chris @ 7:09 pm

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Serving up Snark

I’m a sarcastic son-of-a-bitch, so I can’t really criticize anyone else for being a cynical asshole. Something tells me that it’s not the best campaign strategy, though.
CNN anchor Bill Schneider, stunned, responded thusly:
You just heard something remarkable from Senator Clinton a moment ago. She was actually mocking Senator Obama
She seems to [...]


Posted by
Chris @ 4:12 am

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Obama, Clinton tussle over negative ads

Hillary Clinton seemed furious yesterday, as she criticized a negative campaign flyer distributed by the Obama campaign in Ohio.
Mike argues for Hillary’s side in the post below. In order to keep this from spiraling into a massive front-page posting war, I posted my rebuttal in the comments of Mike’s post. Be sure to [...]


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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1475 North Loop West
Houston, TX 77008
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