Kay Bailey Hutchison voted with her fellow Republicans yesterday against the confirmation of a federal judge that conservatives have labeled a liberal activist. But Gov. Rick Perry told me that's not good enough because she missed an earlier vote on...
The chairman of the Republican Governors Association says a fractious primary fight for governor in Texas will make it more difficult for the GOP to win next November. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said "there's a strong likelihood" that red-state Texas...
It was touch-and-go, but word now is that Kay Bailey Hutchison will attend tonight's rally and fundraiser in Houston with Dick Cheney. There was a possiblity that the Senate would take a preliminary vote today on health care -- something...
Politico has deemed the Texas Republican primary one of the top 10 political races of 2010. Well, yes. The battle between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison pits Texas' top two politicians in a showdown that already is showing signs...
Kay Bailey Hutchison unveiled her "Aggies for Kay" coalition to tweak one of the state's most famous graduates of Texas A&M - Rick Perry. The group includes alumni, former A&M regents, past presidents of the former students association and past...
The Washington Post has an online poll asking Americans to vote for the most overrated governor in the U.S. Leading the pack, at least at the moment, is our governor, Rick Perry. Until recently, Perry was trailing Florida's Charlie Crist...
The storm over the Cameron Todd Willingham case has focused public attention on the death penalty and stirred debate in the Texas governor's race. Willingham was executed in 2004 for setting a fire that killed his three children. He maintained...
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was asked Saturday about the collision between news and entertainment in network and cable news these days. At a journalism awards luncheon at the Headliners Club in Austin, Rather was asked about cable news programs...
Gov. Rick Perry says he has no problem with state regulators he's appointed soliciting contributions for his reelection from those they regulate. In fact, Perry says lots of his regulators might be doing it. In San Antonio, Perry responded to...
The Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign has produced a commercial about how a Rick Perry appointee is soliciting Perry campaign contributions from the very people he regulates. Team Perry says no problem. Others disagree, saying the letter signed by the chairman...
It might not seem the logical place for George W. Bush to launch the Bush Legacy Project tour, but the former president has been signed as a special guest speaker at some of Zig Ziglar's famous sales motivation seminars....
Gov. Mark White has long been one of the state's strongest supporters of the death penalty. He defended capital punishment as attorney general and took personal responsibility as governor for the execution of nearly two dozen condemned men. He once...
Wayne Slater examines Kay Bailey Hutchison's recent statement about Rick Perry's record on taxes: THE CLAIM: Kay Bailey Hutchison told WBAP-AM (820) this week that Gov. Rick Perry "has increased taxes in Texas." Specifically, she said: "He's increased it...
Just when you thought the growing controversy over whether Texas executed an innocent man on Gov. Rick Perry's watch couldn't get more interesting, consider this new wrinkle, thanks to Glenn Smith at DogCanyon.org. It turns out that Perry's general counsel...
Rick Perry isn't the only incumbent Republican governor that Karl Rove isn't supporting. Rove is backing Marco Rubio in the Florida Senate race against Gov. Charlie Crist. Rove has sent Rubio a $1000 campaign contribution. Rubio is challenging Crist in...
Gov. Rick Perry touts the Texas economy - and takes pot shots at another Republican governor - in a glowing weekend interview in the Wall Street Journal. The Republican governor says Arnold Schwarzenegger "squandered" his opportunity as California governor amid...
Karl Rove's most recent star turn has taken him from pundit on Fox News to a scheduled appearance next season on Fox's Family Guy. The former White House political adviser and radio talker Rush Limbaugh will play themselves in an...
Rick Perry has made anti-Washington conservatism the heart of his reelection. Critics say he's just doing it because he faces a challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. But the roots of Perry's anti-Washington message go back several years - even...
We told you in May to expect Rick Perry at Sean Hannity's Freedom Tour in Texas. Sure enough, the governor will be there in Houston on August 1 and Dallas on August 2. Not to be outdone, Republican challenger Kay...
When it comes to raising campaign cash for reelection, Rick Perry can thank one of the state's biggest Democratic political fundraisers. The Republican governor collected $50,000 in his latest report from the political committee of a physician-owned hospital in South...
Newsletter sign-up: Top Headlines
Widgets
Get Breaking News on your cell