Matt Krause (R- Tarrant County) gave a rousing speech yesterday, opposing the passage of SB 346, a House leadership bill designed to silence critics and privilege unions. The law passed, and represents one of the most forward examples of the Chicago politics Joe Straus and his team have tried to smuggle into Texas. In his…

Senator Tommy Williams is trying to turn our state savings account into dedicated spending, which is like dedicating the the kid’s college account or the retirement account to new boat payments. The Legislature is in a mad dash to use the last of the post-election Obama political wave to spend money in ways Texans would…

America is in a liberal political cycle, which means outcomes everywhere are mostly disappointing for conservatives. However, things could be much worse here in Texas, which is a testament to our dominant principle-based conservative orientation. That is not to say our outcomes aren’t bad here, too – they are. For example, a big water slush…

Yesterday Republican members of the State Affairs Committee screeched loudly about a bill that would force them to disclose the government contracts that they and their family members have. And politicians wonder why they are so distrusted. Representative Giovanni Capriglione won the confidence of his district by championing government transparency. The bill under review was…

Moving forward Grassroots power derives from primaries. Providing a clear conservative contrast with moderates makes it easy for the in-district grassroots to help conservatives defeat moderates. It also motivates the grassroots,  creating and improving the conservative discount/moderate premium effect (people telling the truth need less contact, less money to win votes). The danger of a…

The conservative movement is full of people who care deeply about the long term health of their country, activists and politicians who get into politics out of a sense of duty. They don’t see politics, as others do, as competition to be a special interest power broker. That kind carry a short-term agenda of either…

“Karl Rove declares war on conservatism” was a Sunday headline on Breitbart.com, the news site named for deceased conservative champion, Andrew Breitbart. It seems Karl Rove, the architect of Romney’s election night “shellshock”, is creating an anti-conservative GOP PAC designed to keep conservatives from winning. The anti-conservative PAC’s name, appropriate given the GOP establishment’s silver-tongued…

Grassroots issues must be visible to pass, so they must be simple and urgent, and they require build-up. Urgency comes from widespread knowledge of the problem. A grassroots legislative push may address a real problem, but if the problem is relatively unknown to the grassroots, it won’t garner enough grassroots support to overcome lobby and…

The conservative movement in Texas is alive and well. Sadly, 46 states are languishing in Obama’s America, with a loss of hope that can only be described as un-American. Hope has been maintained in three out of fifty states. All three – Wisconsin, Michigan, and Kansas – are infused with hope due to healthy conservative…