Whoever wins the governor’s race in November will face a variety of pressing questions concerning one of the state’s biggest industries: energy. Texas is a top producer of natural gas, oil and, more recently, wind power. As things stand now, the state is coping with a federal moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling, bracing for federal action on climate change and other air pollution, preparing for an influx of electric cars and debating whether to enact a mandate for renewable energy sources other than wind. How do Rick Perry and Bill White come down on the issues?
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Ads Infinitum: DGA’s “Cracks”
The Democratic Governors Association is running commercials critical of Gov. Rick Perry.
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HuTube: Perry and White Uncut
In lieu of a face-to-face debate, Rick Perry and Bill White are separately sitting down with the press between now and Election Day. This morning, WFAA-TV in Dallas aired back-to-back interviews with Perry and White discussing immigration, insurance and the coming budget crisis.
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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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2010: Perry 48, White 42
In the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports, Gov. Rick Perry maintains a 6-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Bill White.
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2010: Perry Leaves Editorial Writers “Stunned and Disappointed”
If Gov. Rick Perry’s goal in speaking at the National Conference of Editorial Writers luncheon in Dallas was to win the group over, then they say he “utterly failed.”
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Ads Infinitum: White’s “Houston Voices”
An array of Houstonians star in the latest television ad endorsing their former mayor, Democrat Bill White, as the next governor of Texas.
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What Happened to His Yard Signs?
You won’t be seeing many Rick Perry yard signs this fall — by design. Except for a few that are available for purchase, the governor’s campaign is generally eschewing traditional tools like signs and direct mail, preferring a new set of ways to win over voters.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Los Libertarios
Libertarians launch a new political action committee, Texas Libertarios, to show Latinos they have more choices than just Republicans and Democrats.