In our latest nonscientific poll of political and government insiders, we asked for a reaction to the governor’s first appearance in a presidential debate, and how they think he stacks up against the other Republican candidates.
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Inside Intelligence is the insider’s poll historically featured in Texas Weekly, our former political newsletter. It’s a survey of political, lobby, and government insiders on issues of the day. These days, you can find it in our new insiders’ newsletter, The Blast.
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Inside Intelligence: And the Winner Is…
In this week’s edition of our nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked who the state’s 31 senators would pluck from their own ranks to run the Senate, and perhaps to serve as governor, should the state’s top officials move on to bigger and better things.
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Inside Intelligence: The Pecking Order
Hand a bunch of insiders a list of 31 senators and ask what’s going to happen next, and you turn them into outsiders.
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Inside Intelligence: Ron Paul’s Chances Are…
In our latest unscientific survey of the state’s political and government insiders, we ask about Ron Paul’s chances in the presidential race, what effect he’ll have, and about the nature of dark-horse candidates.
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Inside Intelligence: The Other Texan
His supporters wouldn’t necessarily agree, judging from our phone calls and emails, but our insiders think U.S. Rep. Ron Paul — the other Texan in the presidential race — is getting all the attention he deserves. More than a third, however, don’t agree with that.
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Inside Intelligence: If Dewhurst Leaves…
In this latest round of our unscientific survey of political and government insiders, we ask which senators might be choosing the next lieutenant governor and whether anyone outside the Capitol will have a say in that decision.
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Inside Intelligence: The Ultimate Insiders’ Vote
In which we ask the insiders how the selection of a new lieutenant governor will go, if David Dewhurst moves on to another job after the 2012 elections.
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Inside Intelligence: In the Second Race…
In the latest edition of our unscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked how the primary and general election races for U.S. Senate will go. And the winner is…
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Inside Intelligence: The Senate Race
We’ll get to the details soon enough, but the headline is that our insiders think Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is the candidate to beat in next year’s U.S. Senate race.
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Inside Intelligence: With Perry on the Verge…
In our latest unscientific survey of Capitol and political insiders, we asked if they have any remaining doubts that Rick Perry will run for president, and how they think he’d do in that race.