Nobel laureate Barack Obama appeared in the Rose Garden this morning 42 minutes late. The news conference at which the president humbly accepted the Peace Prize was supposed to start at 10:30. At 10:15, aides said it would start at...
House Democratic Leader Jim Dunnam of Waco says changing consultants and operatives won't fix what ails the Texas GOP -- lousy stands on insurance regulation, health care and public schools. Dunnam, responding to our earlier post about the state GOP's...
The state GOP and some leading conservatives in the Texas House are laying plans, perhaps separately, to stop the erosion of the party's House majority over the past three election cycles. Last night the Republican Party of Texas announced the...
Although top Texas GOP officials want people to protest House Democrats' stall tactics aimed at killing a voter-ID bill, some of the intended targets say they're not hearing much. The office of House Democratic leader Jim Dunnam of Waco reports...
An email alert today from state GOP chairwoman Tina Benkiser kicks off partisan courtship of public opinion about House Democrats' slow-talking of hundreds of bills for the past three days in a bid to kill voter ID legislation. "In this...
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst did the honors: "Madame Secretary, Madame Secretary, on behalf of the great Lone Star State, the former Republic of Texas; our great governor Rick Perry; one of the fastest growing states in America; the No. 1...
Trailblazers isn't the only blog covering the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The Texas GOP has set up its own blog to report home to activists. The party's new national committeewoman, Cathie Adams, has kicked it off with a...
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