Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle said this afternoon that he's more interested in running for governor than for attorney general. As governor, Earle (right) said he wouldn't have to be as careful in his pronouncements as he would...
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told radio talk show host Mark Davis of WBAP-AM (820) that she will resign from the Senate this fall to focus on her run against Rick Perry in the Republican primary for governor. "The actual leaving...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn remains concerned about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's "bias." He got in another round of questions today at her confirmation hearing. But his most interesting remarks came a bit later, when the judge had given up the witness...
Republican senators are taking a pretty tough stance in their opening statements at the confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Texas Sen. John Cornyn hasn't gotten his turn yet but his office released these excerpts: "In more than 200 years,...
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison just finished a one-on-one with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Our Washington Bureau's Marjorie Korn caught up with the senator, who offered a fairly guarded assessment. (Read Marjorie's story here.) Hutchison said she's "troubled"...
Sen. John Cornyn's scolding of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh seems to have paid off. The Texas Republican distanced himself last week from their assertions that Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist," calling that "terrible" and just...
The national script for the Rick Perry-Kay Bailey Hutchison battle royale is pretty well set -- it represents no less than the future direction of the Republican Party. Wayne Slater examined that here, and we'll have a lot more to...
Intern Marjorie Korn reports on an impending DC summit: Texas Sen. John Cornyn will play host to Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday afternoon--one of a slew of courtesy calls the Supreme Court nominee is making to key senators who will...
It is arguable whether one politician should be held responsible for the remarks of another. Certainly, both parties have used that tactic to embarrass adversaries whose allies said something inflammatory. This afternoon, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee challenged Dallas Rep....
Sen. John Cornyn tonight repudiated the allegation that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is "racist" - and he distanced himself in no uncertain terms from the conservative opinion leaders who leveled that charge against the Supreme Court nominee, former House Speaker Newt...
Democrats have been itching for a chance to tie Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions to former Speaker Newt Gingrich's assertion that the woman hoping to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic is a "racist." They're hoping to take advantage of the...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is about to get even more visibility in the brewing Supreme Court fight. Watch for him as a headline guest Sunday on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He'll be opposite Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New...
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