Inside Intelligence

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in Texas politics and government, we asked about campaign finance — specifically, about limits to contributions in federal and state races.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we turned to policy, asking about the money in college sports, whether athletes should be paid, and whether schools should be allowed to use players’ names and faces in their own marketing.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about 2014’s race for lieutenant governor, whether a prominent Democrat will get in and how she’ll fare, and about the four-way race for the Republican nomination.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about expectations of the aftermath of next year’s elections: where power will fall and rise and who’ll be most influential.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about replacing the retiring Wallace Jefferson, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and about the courts in general.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked about the lieutenant governor’s call to Allen police, state and federal efforts to stop a merger, federal efforts to stop a state law and a Texas politician’s dual citizenship.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the two Texans who might figure into the Republican presidential race in 2016, and about the future face of the Texas GOP.

For this week’s nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked for unsolicited kibitzing on Sen. Wendy Davis’ political future, about the immediate prospects for Texas Democrats, and about the latest round of legal wrestling and the federal Voting Rights Act.