There are times I really amaze myself and this is just one of them. Earlier this month I predicted Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was not going to resign from the Senate. I was right.
A week after my post Sen. Hutchison formerly announced she was not resigning her Senate seat.
“I realize this will keep me in [...]
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There is something about running for public office. Like a game of chess, its all about trying to outsmart your competitor based on his or her moves. Since both parties are placing a priority on nominating candidates who can beat the other’s nominee, activists in each party are likely to base their decisions on [...]
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The volatile 2010 Republican Primary race for governor in Texas is starting to play out and it does not look good for Gov, Rick Perry.
This week, it seems like the Republican inner circle is sending Gov. Rick Perry a clear message – he is too much of a liability. This week, former Vice President Dick [...]
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Last week, Gov. Rick Perry accused his political opponents – mainly Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison – of sabotage for crashing his campaign Web site during a live Web broadcast.
In a statement e-mailed to reporters, Mark Miner, campaign spokesman, said:
“Today’s ‘Talkin’ Texas’ webcast by Gov. Perry was deliberately interrupted by a denial-of-service attack, preventing countless users [...]
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The ghosts of Jim Crow and certain infamous Texas Rangers are certainly dancing in their graves with Gov. Rick Perry’s recent move.
Recently, at a news conference, Gov. Rick Perry announced a special team of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the border. He said the effort was launched in August because of “the federal [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
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