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Political fairy tales
Mike Hailey of Capitol Inside wrote a piece expressing surprise that Dan Patrick is performing significantly better with minorities than Greg Abbott according to the latest poll. After all, the entire...
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Canadian marxists and Battleground TX
Canadian progressives are sending activists to America to learn from Barack Obama staffers, some of whom have Battleground Texas ties. The Broadbent Institute, a progressive outfit founded by a...
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Cruz backs Texas conservatives
Ted Cruz will fund-raise next week for some of the main characters in Texas conservative insurgency politics, including Brian Hughes, Matt Schaefer, and David Simpson. Hughes has been very involved...
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TMA losing grip in Texas
If you thought the Texas Medical Association was going to stop at endorsing a Democrat over Tea Party conservative Konni Burton, think again. Currently, the group is flailing on an issue that most...
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2014 Editorial Board General Election Endorsements
Early voting starts in just 12 days and editorial boards have begun to trickle out endorsements. This is where we’ll list and link those endorsements. We’ll also comment on the newspapers reporting...
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TWIA band back together again
This week the Houston Chronicle reported that Democrat trial lawyers Steve and Amber Mostyn are giving big to Texas House candidate Susan Criss. Criss and the Mostyns go way back. Mostyn is well...
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Texas Endorsement Intel
Early voting is right around the corner and editorial boards have begun to issue endorsements. We have a running list of 2014...
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Subsidized tuition for illegals
Dan Patrick is following the GOP platform in opposing subsidized college tuition for illegal aliens while figures such as Rick Perry and soon-to-be Land Commissioner George P. Bush support the illegal...
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BGTX/Davis set party back in TX
Would the Texas Democratic Party have been better off if Battleground Texas and Wendy Davis had never set out to “turn Texas blue”? To say the far left overplayed its hand in Texas is a serious...
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Parker tempts voters
Freedom of religion and freedom of speech are under attack in Texas. The attacks come from members of both political parties. This week the City of Houston under Mayor Parker demanded pastors turn over...
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Streaming: Rehydrating Texas
TPPF Rehydrating Texas: Regulatory Reform to Keep Water Flowing for Texans...
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Streaming: What is Marriage?
The stream will begin at 7:00 p.m. More details about the event and speaker can be...
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History of liberal endorsements
Wendy Davis and Battleground Texas are going to lose in November, according to Politico the question now is by how much. Still, liberal media outlets are doing their best to keep...
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Parent PAC General Election Endorsements
Early voting for Texas’ 2014 General Election starts today. The Texas Parent PAC a liberal political action committee has to date issued 25 endorsements. Practically speaking, most races have been...
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Disgraceful end to pub stunt guv run
Last week Davis, in show of extraordinarily bad taste, ran the now-notorious “wheelchair ad”. After the disastrous ad Texas political observers were universally wrong to assume she had hit bottom....
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Leach, others with big business on transpo
State Representative Jeff Leach and others are not only toeing the establishment line on transportation, they are putting their support on blast. In the teeth of a recent study that put...
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“No” is great politics
When the ruling class wants to spend money conservatives start hearing that we cannot be all about “no”, we have to be for something. This is wrong, and nothing more than an attempt to tilt the playing...
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Turner with conservatives on tuition subsidies
Speaker candidate Rep. Scott Turner has said he stands with the Texas GOP party platform on ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Recently, we wrote about question marks surrounding...
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TTARA holds ‘annual’ conference
The Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) is a non-profit controlled in part by lobbyists. Last year TTARA produced reports that benefited special interests advancing infrastructure slush...
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