He is in it to win it. He is going to do what he does best — crisscrossing the state, talking to voters. A lot of money will be spent on TV.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst spokesman Travis Considine on the incumbent's commitment to the May 27 runoff election

Those are good men, those are decent men — but when you don’t stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don’t stand for principle, Democrats celebrate.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, giving the CPAC conference his belief as to why GOP presidential candidates Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney failed to win the White House

But I will remind anyone who thinks we will win elections by trashing previous Republican nominees or holding oneself out as some paragon in the mold of Reagan, that splintering the party is not the route to victory.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in a Breitbart News op-ed widely thought to be aimed at Cruz

It's time for a little rebellion on the battlefield of ideas.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry in an enthusiastically received stemwinder at the CPAC conference

When you look at the relatively small number of people who cared to vote in the Democratic primary, that suggests the potential pool for boycott participants is relatively shallow.

Rice University political scientist Mark P. Jones, assessing a Democratic call to boycott Buc-ee's convenience stores — famous for its immaculate restrooms — after the chain's owners endorsed Dan Patrick for lite guv