On last night’s edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, sparred with the host about whether Barack Obama has a U.S. birth certificate — and whether Texas law should be changed to require that any candidate for president who wants ballot access produce one.
Evan Smith
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A TribLive Thanksgiving
From day one, the Tribune has put a premium on events as a very vibrant, dynamically interactive form of journalism: always before an audience, always open to the public, always on the record, usually free and whenever possible resulting in recorded content that could be posted on our web site for everyone to see, not just those lucky ducks who happened to be in the room. Usually these so-called TribLive events have been conversations with high elected officials or other newsmakers, and, indeed, they’ve occasionally made news. But more often than not they’ve simply been a way to engage with people in power, to hold them accountable, to ask them questions, to get to know them better. Today we present videos of 21 of those conversations — our way of saying thanks to the men and women who’ve done their time in the hot seat.
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2010: Big Solomon Concedes
Politico is reporting tonight that U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, has finally conceded his 2010 race to his Republican challenger, Blake Farenthold, who finished nearly 800 votes ahead on Election Day.
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TribBlog: Perry Says No to 2012 — Again
On Fox News Sunday this morning, Gov. Rick Perry insisted yet again that he isn’t running for president.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Hu on the Perry-Bush rift, Ramshaw on the adult diaper wars, Ramsey’s interview with conservative budget-slasher Arlene Wohlgemuth, Galbraith on the legislature’s water agenda (maybe), M. Smith on Don McLeroy’s last stand (maybe), Philpott on the end of earmarks (maybe), Hamilton on the merger of the Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency (maybe), Aguilar on Mexicans seeking refuge from drug violence, Grissom on inadequate health care in county jails and my conversation with Houston Mayor Annise Parker: The best of our best from November 15 to 19, 2010.
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Energy
A Conversation With Annise Parker
For the 17th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the mayor of Houston about why Bill White lost, how a state budget shortfall and ballooning federal debt impact urban areas and whether it’s possible for the fourth-largest city in the United States to go green.
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Congress
TribLive: Gene Green
Full audio and audience Q&A from our TribLive interview with U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston.
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Congress
A Conversation with Gene Green
For the 16th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic U.S. Congressman from Houston about why his party got slaughtered on Election Day, whether Nancy Pelosi should continue in a leadership role, why the Obama administration has been forced to play defense and what health care reform should look like going forward.
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Congress
Gene Green on “Leader” Pelosi
During his TribLive interview Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, was asked if — in light of his party’s Election Day disemboweling — he would support outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bid for minority leader.
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State Government
TribBlog: Rick Perry on Jon Stewart
In case you missed it, here’s the complete, unedited appearance Monday night by Gov. Rick Perry on The Daily Show.
