In less than an hour, Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami will formally announce he's running as a Democrat for governor. Already, though, the Shami campaign has put out a release that tackles what political insiders say could be the biggest...
That Fort Hood memorial service forced President Barack Obama to delay his 10-day trip to Asia by a full day. He took off this morning. Thanks to the delay, he needed a pinch-hitter at a speech he was supposed to...
Sen. John Cornyn stepped up his critique of Barack Obama's handling of Afghanistan today, penning an open letter to the president accusing him of "indecision" and "procrastination." "I am dismayed by your seeming indecision regarding the way ahead in Afghanistan....
Last Sunday on CBS' Face the Nation, Texas Sen. John Cornyn called on President Barack Obama to more quickly decide how to proceed in Afghanistan: send in more troops, as his top commanders have urged, or withdraw and shift...
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was on PBS' NewsHour last night, on a segment about discord and partisanship. They're pretty bad, in her judgment. "It's the worst that I've experienced, and I'm in my 17th year here," she said. The...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn was tapped to deliver this week's GOP address and, like President Barack Obama's weekly address, his focuses mainly on the health care debate -- naturally, in a week punctuated by Obama's big speech to Congress....
The White House has released the text of the speech President Barack Obama will deliver tomorrow to students around the country. After the huge firestorm from conservatives about left-wing indoctrination and meddling from Washington in local education, the administration was...
Last November, Obama didn't win Texas, still hailed as a GOP stronghold. But the Lone Star State has tied for the most stops in a listening tour launched by Organizing for America, the new evolution of President Barack Obama's campaign...
Good news for Longhorn fans who are still upset about being edged out of the Bowl Championship Series last year. (Despite beating the Oklahoma Sooners, who ended up losing to Florida in the title game.) President Barack Obama is not...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the ranking Republican on a Senate subcommittee on immigration, refugees and border security, agrees with President Obama on at least one thing: comprehensive immigration reform must be addressed this year. Obama has signaled that immigration legislation...
As promised, in an earlier post about the re-emergence of former Texas hospital executive Rick Scott as Mr. Obamacare-Not!, here is Congressman Michael Burgess' 2-minute interview with Scott, videotaped this week: Burgess, R-Lewisville, is a doctor. There are more of...
Rick Scott started with two small hospitals in El Paso. With Fort Worth billionaire Richard Rainwater's help, he built the world's largest health care company, Columbia/HCA. Then Scott was fired by his board 12 years ago, amid the nation's...
Last time there was a prime-time match-up between President Barack Obama and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, there was a pretty clear winner. Jindal's response for the GOP after Obama's address to Congress fell flat. This time, the seeming déjà vu...
The same night President Barack Obama had his second prime-time press conference, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addressed GOP leaders and donors in Washington, DC. The coincidental redux from their last prime-time match-up--when Obama addressed a joint Congress for the first...
The House just passed a Senate-passed resolution that congratulates President Obama on his election and its "great historical significance" and offering him "best wishes for a successful tenure" and a vow that the Texas Legislature "is prepared to work together...
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