The Brief: Top Texas News for Aug. 2, 2012
The Big Conversation:
With the fervor over Ted Cruz's primary victory starting to settle, talk has turned to what to expect from him in Washington.
Assuming that Cruz in November defeats Democrat Paul Sadler, who faces long odds in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994, he'll likely be greeted as a star.
As U.S. Sen. John McCain told The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday: "All senators are equal. Some are more equal than others. When you look at someone who represents the state of Texas, they immediately have a certain ...

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Adele Roberson
http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/08/02/the-number-1-3-billion.html
The Number: $1.3 Billion
That's how much extra money American taxpayers had to spend because of last summer's debt-ceiling crisis. In today's segment, Daniel Gross is joined by Daniel Altman to discuss the Republican
Check this out... with CRUZ in Washington we will just have more of the same,.
Yea, that really is $1.3 BILLION up there! That is the Con in Conservative.....
Adele Roberson
On Wednesday Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak threw cold water on the right-wing media narrative that President Obama is anti-Israel, praising Obama for doing "more" for Israeli security than any other U.S. president.
That is all the Republicans are good at... spinning, lying and stealing.