The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for July 18, 2012
New in The Texas Tribune:
- Dewhurst, Super PAC Target Same Cruz Client in New Ads: "Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and an independent Super PAC supporting his bid for an open U.S. Senate seat are both out with new ads focusing on former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz's connection to a Pennsylvania developer embroiled in a judicial corruption scheme."
The Dewhurst campaign's new radio ad, called "Cash for Cruz":
The Super PAC's ad, called "No Principles":
- Years After Arson, Governor's Mansion Restoration is Complete: "Four years after an arsonist nearly burned down the Texas Governor’s ...
Comments (5)
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
After the debate last night Dewhurst needs to come up with something. Dewhurst is such a L, oh & a lier!!
Bob Green via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The Dewhurst campaign has consistently taken the lowest of roads in their commercials. Why? Because their candidate has a very passive record regarding issues that are very important to conservatives. The Lt. Governor touts his military service, but his "approvals" of such mud-filled messages constitutes "conduct unbecoming of an officer."
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He seems to tout his father's military service more than he touts his own.
I guess there's no room for the11th Commandment in this race. Oh well, their loss.
Justin Mills via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Actually it is a radio commercial about a politician that is so desperate he is willing to sacrifice his integrity to get just one more vote.
Rudy Gonzales
Here's my summary: David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz are two trying their best to out-conservative the other lashing volley after volley is childish tantrums, while Texans languish with 25 percent uninsured and little hope of change with the confrontational TEA party going after the Republicans and vice versa. Thinking Texans are probably very sick and tired of the whining and back stabbing.
The Governor's Mansion has been restored and Rick Perry will have new digs to sport. Perry will live in taxpayer opulence drawing two salaries while Texans languish with 25 percent uninsured and little hope of change with the confrontational TEA party going after the Republicans and vice versa.
Texans developing their own GED styled certificate rather than comply with national organizations that developed the GED, points to yet another break with federal standards much like the repeated lawsuits over numerous other issues which the federal government has had in place for a long time. Perry and company do not care for and will not comply with national standards.
The additional 2 to 5 billion coming into state coffers should be spread across Texas' schools to improve class sizes and educational standards as the next generation will suffer the consequences without quality education.
Business's, all city mayors, county administrators and every other person should call Rick Perry's office every day, multiple times per day telling him his one tracked action will force every Texan to spend more money in the future in medical costs. Under the Affordable Care Act, the first three years of the expansion would be 100 percent paid for by the federal government, followed by two years where 95 percent would be covered by the Feds. Thereafter, Texas would only be responsible to pay 10 percent of the cost of Medicaid expansion.
Given that Texas has, to date, operated one of the skimpiest, stingiest Medicaid programs in the nation, the state actually stands to benefit more than any other as a result of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. However, if Governor Perry has his way, this opportunity will be missed—all to improve his status among the Tea Party elite.
Rick Perry is in fact wrong as his actions smell to high heaven with holding 25 percent of Texas population from additional insurance which is being made available to every child, grownup and retired. Those with limited resources will benefit as will every Texan with less hospital cost increases and insurance premium increases. All costs of indigent or retired's seeking ER care which is not covered or paid will be passed onto those who can with higher costs at the hospital or insurance premiums. Asking everyone to Please call early and often between now and July 30th. Call Rick Perry's office number is 512-463-2000 or 512-462-1782 and voice you thoughts and opinions on not accepting money which we all pay into for improving Texans health.
Cornyn as usual is wrong with Leppert endorsement of Dewhurst will make some difference, but not enough as every TEA party member will go to the polls with one goal in mind - send a message to top Republican's. Many of Ron and Rand Paul's army will also march in droves to the polls further exasperating Republican wet dreams. We'll have to see how many Republican's do their duty to keep Dewhurst in office.
Lastly, the Hispanic/Latino vote shows the growth of this socio-politico-economic vote will in fact play into every future race and TEA-Republican's have grossly misjudged this segment.
Time will tell.