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The Texas bait and switch

Off The Kuff

You almost have to admire the sheer brazenness of it all. Almost. In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women’s Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state’s health commissioner... »

April 2nd Musings

The Idiot Speaketh

Sunday afternoon, I took the kid up to visit his grandparents. (My parents) I walked in the door, a door in which I am usually immediately mobbed by my parents hyperactive little shih tzu, “Odie”, who just loves me to death, so much so that the little ... »

Texas will be relevant to the GOP nomination circus after all

Off the Kuff

After Mitt Romney’s unimpressive showing on Tuesday, the race for the GOP Presidential nomination continues to slog on with no clear end in sight. Which is good news, I guess, if you’re a Texas Republican because it means that your vote on May 29 will ... »

Rick Santorum is Becoming a Fly in Romney’s Ointment

Half Empty

Well the 3rd primary day that includes one or more Southern states has ended badly for Mitt Romney, and badlier for Newt Gingrich.Rick Santorum swept the South in his bid to unseat Newt Gingrich as the conservative of choice to lead the Southern conser... »

It’s always easier to talk in the abstract

Off The Kuff

I have three things to say about this. The city of Houston has been papering over multimillion-dollar budget deficits for nine years by borrowing money, tapping its rainy day fund, selling buildings and just plain putting off bills to the future, accor... »

Redistricting skirmishes continue... among the GOP

Brains and Eggs

Even as the judges ordered the parties in the Texas redistricting lawsuit to make a deal -- demanding they work late on Valentine's Day, for Jeebus' sake -- the Republicans continued feuding among themselves.Jared Woodfill, chairman of the Harris Count... »

The plaintiffs’ proposal for the Lege

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I know it will break your heart to hear that Harris County GOP Chair Jared Woodfill is a little peeved at Greg Abbott and Steve Munisteri because he thinks the Abbott map makes Harris County too Democratic. What got Woodfill going was Munisteri’s willi... »

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Antigua PM seeks to help recover Stanford funds

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Antigua's prime minister says his administration will work with other agencies to try to help recover money that victims lost to convicted Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford. »

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