KPRC-TV in Houston took the “Why Yao” question straight to Gov. Rick Perry.
Griffin Perry
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2010: South Texans for Perry [Updated]
If Gov. Rick Perry had any hurt feelings from the defection of Grand Prairie’s Republican mayor to the Bill White campaign last week, an announcement today might make up for it.
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A Defining Moment
Bill White, the Democratic nominee for governor, watched Rick Perry make mincemeat of Kay Bailey Hutchison in the GOP primary by painting a devastating picture of her before she could introduce herself to prospective voters. How to avoid the same fate? By travelling incessantly, trying to make himself known everywhere in Texas. By dismissing snippy press releases as interesting only to Austin insiders and pundits. By running bio ads on TV. In other words, by working the problem.
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Demographics
HuTube: Why Yao?
The latest Texans for Rick Perry web video gives us an idea of how the campaign will frame Democratic opponent Bill White. But what is Yao Ming doing in there?
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Demographics
TribBlog: Berman: Perry Did Not Lie to Me
Arch-conservative state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, has two points he’d like to clarify.
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Politics
TribBlog: Of Rats and Men
State Sen. Kirk Watson’s spoof of the governor’s coyote adventure …
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Demographics
The Brief: May 4, 2010 [Updated]
Rick Perry and Janet Napolitano: just a couple of old border governors talkin’ homeland security.
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Demographics
Is Texas a Sanctuary State?
Aides to Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign have accused his Democratic challenger, Bill White, the former mayor of Houston, of running a “sanctuary city,” where officers don’t inquire about immigration status during routine patrols and investigations. But Houston’s policy is remarkably similar to that of Texas DPS under Perry. If Houston is a sanctuary city, why isn’t Texas a sanctuary state?
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Bombs Away!
In November 2007, when the presidential campaign of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, raised more than $4.2 million in a single day, the grassroots-fueled “money bomb” became part of the national political conversation. But while the tactic was in greater use this cycle, the underwhelming showing of candidates who employed it reveals its limitations.
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Health care
TribBlog: Perry Rejects New Pool for High-Risk Patients
Texas will not commit to creating temporary health care pools for high-risk patients.
