The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Feb. 26, 2013

by David Muto
February 26, 2013
17 Comments

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• Perry: Texas won’t join Medicaid expansion, and it won’t turn blue (Austin American-Statesman): "Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that despite Gov. Chris Christie’s example, Texas will not be joining New Jersey in accepting Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, and that it is incumbent upon President Obama to broker a deal on the federal budget sequester. Perry also welcomed the launch of Battleground Texas, a Democratic effort to turn Texas blue or at least purple, saying he hoped they spend a lot of money in the state in a futile effort to gain traction in a state that ...

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Comments (17)

February 26 @ 5:18 p.m.

Arthur M. Thomas IV via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Yellow state.. go libertarian! :)
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February 26 @ 5:19 p.m.

Debbie Mason via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I would say with in 4 years Gov Perry. I can not wait to see you gone as Gov. We will vote you out.
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February 26 @ 5:21 p.m.

Lorna Presswood via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Texas loves Perry-he holds the feds at bay, just what we like, plus an excellent economy.
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February 26 @ 5:22 p.m.

Lorna Presswood via Texas Tribune on Facebook

If you want to be liberal or progressive, I'd suggest you move out of Texas. ha...
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February 26 @ 5:24 p.m.

Lee Dunkelberg via Texas Tribune on Facebook

The more he talks, the closer change is at hand.
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February 26 @ 5:27 p.m.

Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Perry is an ostrich - with his head buried in the dirt... It's a numbers game, the Latino population is growing by leaps and bounds and its reasonable to assume that the vast majority of those Latinos will vote Democrat. In the last election we saw 70+% of Latinos vote for Obama...

In Texas, the Republicans days are numbered, unless the party makes some drastic changes to their message in order to win over the Latino vote - since an old dog can't learn new tricks, the end is in sight...
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February 26 @ 5:32 p.m.

Terri Davis via Texas Tribune on Facebook

The problem with people like Perry and Lorna is the "we" versus "them" mentality. Don't forget Perry WANTED to be a Fed.
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February 26 @ 5:40 p.m.

Aldo Merino via Texas Tribune on Facebook

As did Ron Paul for that matter. It's the same tired schtick as always.
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February 26 @ 6:20 p.m.

Thomas Combs via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I'm thinking more like 12yrs looking at the numbers in stories today
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February 26 @ 6:33 p.m.

Deb Jones via Texas Tribune on Facebook

4 years....start counting Rick Perry!
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February 26 @ 6:56 p.m.

poryorick

Oh, Lorna, much like the eighties, so too will Perry's time pass. Demographics, much like age, are not kind.
February 26 @ 7:11 p.m.

Carlyn Short via Texas Tribune on Facebook

give us til your next run for gov.
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February 26 @ 7:15 p.m.

Jim Hsu via Texas Tribune on Facebook

one certain thing: Texas Gov's Mansion will stay dumb until Perry leaves.
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February 26 @ 7:43 p.m.

Andrew Goldberg via Texas Tribune on Facebook

so...Texas can't win a war, improve its economy LONG-TERM, improve its infrastructure, or do anything but posture and pose for another fifty years? Yeah right...
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February 26 @ 8:54 p.m.

Lisa Crider via Texas Tribune on Facebook

take your good hair and go away. kaithxbai
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February 26 @ 9:39 p.m.

Debbie Spencer via Texas Tribune on Facebook

What excellent economy? That's bs. It'll turn blue alright and it's gonna happen sooner than you morons believe because you don't listen and you don't think.
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February 26 @ 10:06 p.m.

Lindsay Siriko via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Howdy: Governor Rick Perry...!
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