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Speaker Struas stragglers marked

Joe Straus is marking his stragglers for everyone to see by giving them the most help. The Texas House Leadership Fund (the Fund), a political action committee controlled by the Speaker, has given to 13 candidates and the largest donations are going to endangered incumbents. Barbara Nash, the PAC’s top recipient, has collected $25,000. Nash,…

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    Delwin Jones messes up

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    With his campaign letterhead front and center, Mr. Jones addressed  - wait for it –  the lobby, which he affectionately referred to in his letter as “the third house”.  Jones was asking for money from lobbyists to beat stalwart commonsense conservative Charles Perry in District 83. The lobby, for those readers lucky enough not to…

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    Upcoming: public testimony for lottery sunset review

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    Desperate to get the slot machines that they’ve been unable to get the democratic way, the racetrack lobby is hoping to get slot machines via cooperation with the naughty Texas Lottery Commission. The Texas Lottery Commission introduced  a scratch off game last fall that included a second chance internet drawing, even though second chance internet…

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    It’s reform, stupid

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    It should satisfy conservative Texans to see liberals working so hard to help moderates. The moderates are only their second favorite group, but conservative Texans have put Team Liberal at the political children’s table where they belong, with rubber caps on their forks. Ross Ramsey of the liberal Texas Tribune wrote a piece for the…

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    Vicki Truitt’s Trouble

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    Representative Vicki Truitt is in a bad way. Truitt-friendly Tim Madigan of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram characterized Truitt’s win in 2010 as a “romp”. A well-funded Truitt beat a virtually unfunded field by 4 points. This spin betrays Truitt’s weakness. In reality, Truitt was weak in 2010, as she is now. Her constituents were alerted…

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    John Carona’s Liberal Alliances

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    Senator John Carona wants to be the next Lt. Governor of Texas. For that to occur he needs several things to happen, including a David Dewhurst victory in the U.S. Senate race. He also needs Texans to remain oblivious to his liberal alliances and agenda. It was reported this weekend that Carona was spreading rumors…

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    Got a campaign energy deficit?

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    If you’re a lobby-owned politician you probably aren’t very popular with the grassroots activists in your district. And, too bad for you, it’s grassroots activists who give campaigns their ground energy. This all means you probably have a pretty embarrassing energy deficit in your race right about now. If your huge money advantage isn’t enough…

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