The Back to Basics PAC, which has repeatedly attacked GOP Gov. Rick Perry during the general election cycle in ads on TV and in print, has turned its sights on the incumbent’s unwillingness to debate Democrat Bill White.
Evan Smith
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2010: Austin American-Statesman Endorses Bill White
Calling him a “thoughtful, experienced, unifying leader,” the Austin American-Statesman this morning backed Democrat Bill White for governor over incumbent Republican Rick Perry.
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Demographics
Ads Infinitum: Rick Perry’s “Border”
Rick Perry’s campaign has released a new ad on the topic of border security that pivots off of the letter the governor hand-delivered to Barack Obama during their brief tarmac meeting in Austin.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: A Partnership With the Express-News
Coming this Sunday: the latest collaboration between the Trib and one of the state’s venerable newspapers.
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Congress
Ads Infinitum: 2 New Chet Edwards Ads
The CD-17 congressman touts his record of creating and protecting jobs in two spots airing in select media markets.
Posted inState Government
TribBlog: Trib a Finalist for 2 Online Awards
The Trib was named a finalist this morning for two Online Journalism Awards — truly a top honor in our little slice of the media biz.
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Politics
2010: Newspaper Poll Has Perry By 7
Gov. Rick Perry leads his Democratic challenger, Bill White, 46 percent to 39 percent in the latest poll commissioned by the state’s five largest newspapers.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on Mexican journalists in grave danger, Galbraith on the continuing saga of Texas vs. the EPA, Ramshaw on whether a broken hospital bed constitutes medical malpractice, M. Smith on the latest delay in the Cameron Todd Willingham case, Hamilton interviews a Sarah Palin-approved GOP candidate for Congress, Stiles goes all interactive in chronicling the massive increase in legislative filings in the last 20 years, Grissom talks about the criminalization of mental illness with an author who knows the subject first-hand, Philpott on closing the budget gap without federal stimulus money, Ramsey on everyone ignoring down-ballot candidates, Hu on the mysterious lack of Rick Perry yard signs and yours truly sits down with the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor: The best of our best from September 20 to 24, 2010.
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State Government
A Conversation With Linda Chavez-Thompson
For the 13th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor on running for office for the first time in a tough year, how she’d deal with the budget shortfall, whether she’d mess with the Senate’s two-thirds rule and what’s wrong with the Texas Enterprise Fund.
