Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush’s communications director and counselor, talks with the Tribune’s Evan Smith about the intra-party struggle between conservatives and moderates in the Republican party. (To listen to the full thirty-minute interview with Bartlett, see related stories.)
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2010: Hair Yesterday, Gone Today
So Houston hair-care king Farouk Shami is in the race, pledging to spend $10 million to win a Democratic primary in which the majority of voters are still undecided. Among the interesting things to watch will be the dynamic between Shami and his rival for the nomination, Kinky Friedman, as the two are well acquainted: Shami was the subject of one of Kinky’s fawning TEXAS MONTHLY columns (edited by yours truly) back in 2003 — the sort of piece in which he would go all gooey over someone he professes to love, like Racehorse Haynes or Jim Nabors.
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The Brief: November 4, 2009
Enroll in a soon-to-be tier-one university, frolic freely along the coast, and create a buffer zone around your military base!
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2010 Governor’s Race: The Democrats
Almost all of the talk so far about the 2010 gubernatorial race has focused on the battle on the Republican side of the ticket. Democrats have been an afterthought because of a little known or lightly regarded slate of candidates. But Democrats hope a vicious GOP primary battle could damage the majority party enough to carry them to back to power next fall. Ben Philpott is covering the Texas governor’s race for KUT News and the Texas Tribune. He reports on the scenarios that Democrats hope will play out to give them a shot at their first state-wide office in years.
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Election Night Results
On an election day notable for its lack of civic activity, Houston voters sent two of their mayoral candidates to a runoff next month, and Texas voters approved all eleven proposed amendments to the state constitution.
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TribBlog: Runoff likely in Houston mayoral race (updated)
It could be a late night for the candidates in the Houston mayoral election, if early voting results are any guide.
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Hu Tube: A Tribute to the Developers
This is my tribute to genius django developers H.O., Brandon, Niran, Matt, Chase, Jacob and the rest of the bright minds who made the TT possible.
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Perry campaign on the Tribune poll
Governor Rick Perry’s campaign spokesman Mark Miner says he’s pleased with the poll results showing the incumbent governor with a double digit lead on his main opponent, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Miner’s unconcerned about the poll showing Perry in a virtual dead heat against a generic Democrat next November. He says against “real people”, the governor does just fine.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Us vs. Them
I don’t blame Leibowitz for making such a fuss about this, and I don’t blame Sullivan either. They’re just doing their jobs. As are our pollsters. As are we all.
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State Government
TribBlog: Chavez to decide on Senate by Turkey Day
As candidates stack up to challenge her, state Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, said she will make a decision about running for the Texas Senate by Thanksgiving.