As Wayne Slater predicted last week, Tom Schieffer, George W. Bush's former partner in running the Texas Rangers and an ambassador in the Bush administration, is expected to announce today that he's forming an exploratory committee to run for Texas...
Tom Schieffer, former president of the Texas Rangers and a U.S. ambassador under President George W. Bush, says he's considering running for Texas governor --as a Democrat. "I've thought about it for a while," he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram....
Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie was oozing happiness, even as he tried to remain guarded in his optimism. He said he thought Texas would take between 2 and 5 seats back in the Texas House -- "though it...
In its 161-year history, the Chicago Tribune has never endorsed a Democrat for president. Until now....
Barack Obama has spent his entire campaign fighting misperceptions that he's a Muslim. But one brief slip of the tongue on TV Sunday -- he referred to "his Muslim faith" in an interview with George Stephanopoulos -- and his critics...