Kay Bailey Hutchison makes it clear: She's a Republican, always has been, always will be. Interesting exchange between Hutchison and the estimable Paul Burka of Texas Monthly. Burka suggested on his blog that Hutchison change parties. He reasons that she...
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison comes out with guns blazing in a new fundraising appeal that targets Gov. Rick Perry as a failed leader presiding over a record of scandal and incompentence. Here's a choice line from the mailer: Ten years...
Texas Republican Party chair Tina Benkiser has teamed up with former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to take over leadership of the foundering national Republican Party. Benkiser has sent out a letter to members of the Republican National Committee...
John McCain is pulling out all the stops on his final campaign push, including an appearance on Saturday Night Live. He'll be hard-pressed to pull the numbers that Sarah Palin did in her appearance a few weeks back. But...
He's swapped the cowboy hat for a hunter's camo cap. Sen. John Cornyn's latest TV ad has him in a sorghum field near Corpus Christi, again walking and mulling out loud. Cornyn's the Rodney King of this year's trash-the-incumbents...
In its 161-year history, the Chicago Tribune has never endorsed a Democrat for president. Until now....
Dennis Hopper (right), described by The Huffington Post as "one of Hollywood's few Republicans" (and certainly one of few Republicans anywhere to have consumed, over the course of a lifetime, his weight in hallucinogenics), says he's voting for Barack...
An aide to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said John McCain has entered Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. He arrived in the city today, and is scheduled to accept the nomination Thursday....
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison had some interesting things to say on MSNBC Friday morning after word spread that John McCain had picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Asked if she had been vetted for the vice...
In his analysis, Wayne Slater, our senior political writer, says Barack Obama's speech was "fundamentally a call for the Democratic family to come home." Obama, Wayne writes, realizes that "there are enough Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters to win the White...
If a hurricane strikes the Gulf Coast in the next few days, the results could be devastating. Neighborhoods could flood. Communities could be uprooted. People could die. And, notes Karl Rove, it could be really inconvenient for the Republicans,...
Just eight years removed from being the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Joe Lieberman will speak at the Republican convention in two weeks. He's been a strong supporter and active campaigner for John McCain this year and has been chastised by...
Political writer Gromer Jeffers Jr. reports: For local and national politicians, soaring gas prices suddenly represent the best opportunity to grandstand. Frustrated motorist will tell you the hot air is blowing today in Dallas as Democrats and Republicans make dueling...
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