The retiring Republican state representative from Plano talks about how he’ll spend his time after twenty years in elective office.
Evan Smith
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Meet Me in St. Louis
What will those original thinkers at the Post-Dispatch think of next?
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Brian McCall on Craddick vs. Straus
The retiring Republican state representative from Plano reviews House Speaker Joe Straus’ first year on the job.
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Brian McCall on the GOP and the Tea Party
Retiring State Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, on purity tests, big tents, and the battle for the souls of his fellow Republicans.
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An Interview with Brian McCall
State Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, on the leadership of Speaker Joe Straus, the modern Republican party and his decision to leave the Texas House after two decades.
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A Conversation with Joe Straus
For the first of our TribLive events, I interviewed the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives about his first session leading his colleagues, the coming budget turmoil, the controversial plans for a renovation of the Governor’s Mansion, the “scary as hell” health care reforms in play in Congress, and, of course, the titanic battle of Rick vs. Kay.
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Congress
2010: A Theory About the Democrats and Waco
It’s not about Kip Averitt. It’s about Chet Edwards.
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State Government
2010: The Democrats Muck Their Hand in Waco
You cannot win if you do not play: Poker players know it, and the Ds, if they mean to make this a two-party state again, need to know it too.
