Like his hero Little Richard, Jim Hightower knew how to scream and piss off the establishment. As a tour of his archives led by the man himself reveals, his is the story of a Texas-style progressive movement that peaked before the young Texans of today can even remember.
Bill White
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Higher Education
Ads Infinitum: White’s ‘Don’t Mess With…’
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White’s campaign is buying student newspaper ads that accuse his Republican opponent, Rick Perry, of playing politics with state universities.
Posted inState Government
2010: Reaching Across the Aisle?
The Texas Democratic Party wants you to know that 49 percent of the people who voted in last month’s GOP primary voted against Gov. Rick Perry.
Posted inState Government
2010: Step Into My Triple-Wide
For all they have in common as possible 2012 GOP presidential nominees, Gov. Rick Perry and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee have different tastes in living quarters.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Drop-Out Throw-Down!
Bill White and Rick Perry fought over the hotly contested high school drop-out rate on Tuesday. Is it 30 percent (White)? 10 percent (Perry)? Or, more likely, somewhere in between?
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Politics
Kay in 2012?!?
She said she would limit her time in the U.S. Senate to two terms and is currently serving a third. She said she would resign her federal office to run for governor and didn’t. She said she would quit after the primary and hasn’t. So who’s to say she won’t reconsider in two years and run for a fourth term? And what of all those would-be successors?
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State Government
2010: Flo Says No
State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, is no longer a candidate for U.S. Senate and says she’ll refund about $1 million to her contributors.
Posted inState Government
Advice for Bill White
He has 31 weeks to make his case that we should fire Rick Perry and hire him instead. But when should he introduce himself to voters? When should he start attacking the governor? When should he spend his millions? Democratic strategists Glenn Smith and Keir Murray and blogger Charles Kuffner answer those and other pressing questions for the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
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Criminal Justice
2010: White Attacks Perry’s Border Crime Claims
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White today called on GOP Gov. Rick Perry to remove claims on his public and campaign Web sites that crime on the Texas border has dropped 65 percent. Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner defended the claims. He said Perry’s claim refers to temporary crime drops in discreet areas during so-called “border surge” operations.
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Public Education
2010: Hinojosa, White Join Anti-SBOE Dogpile [UPDATED]
Where are their friends? Bill White wants Rick Perry to reject the State Board of Education’s social studies amendments, while a state senator pushes to do away with the board altogether.