“[H]as the experience, qualifications, demeanor and common sense that would justify electing him to statewide office.”
Bill White
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Hu, Philpott, and Ramsey on the Democratic gubernatorial debate, the pre-game, the post-game, and the highlight reel. Thevenot on the push for accountability in persistently low-performing schools. M. Smith on the Republican assault on sitting Republican appellate judge. Hamilton on a county with more than one Tea Party trying to claim conservative voters. With lawmakers staring down a growing budget crunch, Aguilar looks back at the last one for instruction. Grissom finds that U.S. Border Patrol has quietly stopped a program to deport illegal immigrants through Presidio. Ramshaw reports on a West Texas nurse who got into and out of criminal trouble for complaining about a doctor she worked with. The second University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll finds Rick Perry and Bill White with big leads in their respective party primaries. Rapoport found herself in the eye of the storm, traveling with Debra Medina on the day the candidate unexpectedly and disastrously made national news when Glenn Beck asked her on his radio shows about the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The best of our best from February 8 to 12, 2010.
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN for White
“[C]ould offer his party its best chance to win the Governor’s Mansion since Ann Richards.”
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2010: Farouk Shami, White People, and 9/11 “Truth”
“You don’t find white people who are willing to work,” the Democratic candidate for governor said. But there’s more. He also didn’t disavow the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Politics
2010: White Only 4% Behind Perry?
Democrat Bill White runs stronger against Republican Rick Perry than either of Perry’s Republican primary rivals, according to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 Texas Poll.
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The Brief: February 12, 2010
Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — “The first cut is the deepest.” Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers.
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Politics
The Polling Center: First Take on the February 2010 Results
The University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll, conducted from February 1-7, shows Gov. Rick Perry holding a 24-point lead over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican gubernatorial primary contest, with Debra Medina posing a surprisingly strong challenge to Hutchison for second place.
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Politics
Perry, White Way Ahead
In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Rick Perry and Bill White are way out front in their respective primaries.
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Politics
2010: New Poll, Same Story
Rick Perry has 49 percent; Kay Bailey Hutchison has 27 percent and Debra Medina has 19 percent, according to a new survey done for the Texas Credit Union League. On the Democratic side, Bill White got 51 percent to Farouk Shami’s 19 percent.