Word is just now leaking out that Tom Schieffer is about to bow out of the race for governor. From the start, Schieffer, a George W. Bush buddy, business partner and ambassador, has had a tough time convincing Democrats that...
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is consistent only in her inconsistency. She runs for office originally on a "term limits" platform. At the end of one term, she promises to resign at the end of her second term. At the end...
And maybe put a guy like Hank Gilbert in the governor's office? The rancher Democrat announced his transportation plan yesterday in Fort Worth, including an 8-cent gas-tax hike and permanent indexing of the tax to cost of construction. It...
The Texas political news of the last several days is that Tom Schieffer, the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, has received the endorsement of several Texas House Democrats, including Reps. Garnet Coleman and Jim Dunnam. Those two happen to be the House's...
Tom Schieffer of Fort Worth served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan in the second Bush term. North Korea was a major issue during his tenure, so we put some questions to him after news reports surfaced about North Korea...
If my interpretation is right, Texas Democrats are one step closer to fielding a genuine gubernatorial candidate in next year's governor's race. I say genuine because Kinky Friedman's talking about running again for governor, this time as a Democrat. Like...
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