For Texas Democrats running statewide, what does winning even look like??
No one in contemporary Texas politics knows the answer. It's an experience so elusive that you have to go back more than a generation to even ask someone who held statewide office as a Democrat. That one living person?? Former Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby, … Continue Reading ››
Donald Trump may be winning hearts and minds among fringe members of the "Republican" (TEApublican?) base, but he is not making many new friends along the Texas-Mexico border. The candidate's recent comments have received swift backlash from business leaders across the country, and now we can add the voices of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber … Continue Reading ››
Over the weekend Texans received something of a campaign season bombshell that has now turned into a national story. In advance of her book's release date, Wendy Davis revealed that she, like many other Texas women, has had to terminate two of her pregnancies due to severe fetal abnormalities. Here are more details from the … Continue Reading ››
For those that were around an American television in the year 2000, it's quite possible you remember the name Elian Gonzalez... a little boy from Cuba that was the center of a massive international custody fight. He originally came to the US by boat and his mother actually died en route to get to … Continue Reading ››
