The Brief: Top Texas News for Oct. 30, 2012
The Big Conversation:
Most Texans still aren't optimistic about the future of the country, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. But a deep partisan divide underlies the data.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents in the survey said the U.S. was on the wrong track, compared with 31 percent who said it was on the right track. Meanwhile, 43 percent said the state was headed in the right direction, while 34 percent said it was headed in the wrong direction.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the responses tracked with ideology: Republicans were likelier to view the U.S. as ...

Comments (2)
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
guess he lives in some fantasy part of 'wet' Texas where the drought doesn't exist. maybe he should go stick his head in Lake Medina
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
People listen to too much Faux "News" and believe it to be true.
Profits are at an all time high and CEOs are doing better than ever. We have the lowest tax rates in the last 50 years. However-- all they hear is "the sky is falling, the bad black man is a commie!!"
A total load of BS.