Category Archives: Show Business for Ugly People

Bluebonnet from PinkDome published an interview with Chris Bell the other day, and the question of gay marriage came up: BB: What do you think about gay marriage? For real, now. CB: I don’t support gay marriage, but the constitutional … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My mailbox has been humming with items of interest lately, so I’m going to list a few of them here: – Peter Brown, candidate for Houston City Council At Large Position 1 is having a Summer Celebration at Blanco’s (3406 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Everybody’s linked to the SurveyUSA 50-state approval ratings poll for President Bush, for which Garance has the best take, but what interests me is the results for Texas, where Dubya is pulling anemic (but not Perryesque) 50/47 numbers. Inside that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not there, but you can pretend you are by reading about what other folks are up to at DemocracyFest in Austin. Here are some accounts by Karl-T, Hope, and PDiddie. The Radnofsky for Senate blog has several posts full … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I present the following as an FYI for those who are into this sort of thing (you know who you are). Greg posted a couple of days back that precinct-level data was now available statewide for all elections from 1996 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday’s Chron had a front page piece on the gentleman from CD14, Ron Paul. It’s mostly about he’s Not That Kind Of Republican, in the sense that he actually does vote independently some of the time – according to the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t have too much to say about the proposals to close and/or consolidate miltary bases around the country. It’s hard to find a NIMBYer topic than this, other than maybe the location of halfway houses for sex offenders. In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Dallas County Democratic Party seems to have restored peace and order within its ranks. Byron and StoutDem have the scoop. Continue reading →

Awhile back, I noted a story which told the tale of Things Gone Wrong at the Dallas Morning News. The American Journalism Review has a followup on the subject now (via Kimberly). All I can say to that is Yeesh. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

According to the DMN, Susan Hays is now the former Chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party. Byron applauds her decision, while Bill thinks it should have happened long ago. All I care about is having that group in fighting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tiffany got a direct-mail piece from Judicial Watch today. You just never know sometimes. (I’m sure they just rented some magazine subscription list to get her name – she used to have a sub to a foreign-policy mag, and she … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Call me crazy, but I have to wonder why one of Rick Perry’s spokespeople is responding to a blog post about some silly award he won. I mean, doesn’t he have other things to worry about, like, you know, school … Continue reading → Continue reading →

OK, I’ve read this article twice now, and I still can’t understnd why it’s at all newsworthy. I mean, look at the subhead, for crying out loud: “Cash earmarked for purchase of headquarters instead is spent on campaigns, other expenses”. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Byron sides with the disgruntled precinct chairs. Vince, Pink Dome, and Kerry sympathize with DCDP Chair Susan Hays. However you slice it, it sounds like it was ugly. I just hope it all gets settled soon. UPDATE: Kerry explains his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tonight’s the night that Democrats in Dallas have it out with DCDP Chair Susan Hays over a list of grievances with her. Read all about it at BOR, StoutDem, 100 Monkeys Typing, and (for a different perspective) Pink Dome. I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re not sure what Rick Perry’s reelection campaign is going to look like this article should give you a pretty good idea: Jobs, jobs, jobs. “We don’t fund companies who already are planning to move to Texas,” said Phil … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Let me say that I fully endorse the Count Every Vote Act. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a possible White House candidate in 2008, joined 2004 nominee John Kerry and other Democrats Thursday in urging that Election Day be made a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s a rumor going around that Tom DeLay might be getting a promotion to Speaker in the near future. I find it a little hard to understand. It’s not like the change in title would mean more actual power for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Governor Perry has achieved majority approval (barely), but is still the least liked statewide officeholder in Texas. The Scripps Howard Texas Poll found 51 percent of the Texans surveyed said Perry is doing a good job as governor while 33 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In the Pink Texas dissects Paul Burka’s list of the “25 Most Powerful Texans” in this month’s Texas Monthly. I think she’s wrong on Ronnie Earle (we’ll see if he gets convictions in the Ellis/Colyandro/RoBold cases; I believe it will … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In the matter of Stuart Rothenberg versus MyDD (see here, here, and here), I come down firmly on Jerome and Chris’ side. Greg went and saved me the time of writing most of what I think needed to be said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Whether you’ve got a favored candidate in mind for DNC Chair or not, I highly recommend this interview with Martin Frost. Frost gave what I think are the right answers to these questions, and though he certainly could be telling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Very interesting read about how the implosion of the Republican Party in Illinois was a long time in coming, even before Alan Keyes showed up to lecture everyone. I daresay there may be a lesson or two in there for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Let me start by saying that I agree with what Sam Rosenfeld says regarding Martin Frost and his candidacy for DNC Chair. There are plenty of reasons to oppose Frost’s candidacy for this position, but on balance I’d say how … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Catching up on some older stuff: The State House is down to 149 members as Elizabeth Ames Jones (R, San Antonio) declined her seat after being named to the state Railroad Commission. On the morning she was to be sworn … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Bev Carter, publisher of the Fort Bend Star, was censured by the Fort Bend County GOP for endorsing Richard Morrison in the CD22 election last year. Carter, the founder and publisher of the weekly Fort Bend Star, said she will … Continue reading → Continue reading →

David Donnelly of The Daily DeLay was in town yesterday to meet up with various locals and talk about the lay of the land for 2006. You can read his writeup here. He’s here today and in Austin tomorrow, so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Based on the odds he’s assigned to a somewhat abridged list of contenders for the DNC Chair, this dude seems to think Ron Kirk is the favorite. Not sure what to make of that, but take a look for yourself. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not following the ins and outs of the race for DNC Chair very closely, but I’m impressed that Donnie Fowler took the time to stump for himself at MyDD. Whatever else his qualifications may be, he’s demonstrated he knows … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Inside the mind of Gerald Allen, the Republican state legislator from Alabama who has introduced legislation that would ban the use of state funds to purchase any books or other materials that “promote homosexuality”, from “A Chorus Line” and Tennessee … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After I found out how much better a fit Costco is for my moral values than Walmart is, we became Costco members and have been very happy with it (their online photo center is worth it by itself). Having now … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Political Wire, the state of Florida liked its early voting experiment so much, it is talking about getting rid of Election Day. Florida’s election supervisors, impressed by the success of early voting, proposed dramatic reforms Tuesday that would eliminate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I heartily approve of this. Rosenberg has just about everything I’d want in a DNC Chair – non-recycled insider, creative outside-the-box thinker who makes things happen, and non-controversial (sorry, Howard). If only it weren’t almost too hard to believe the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are a number of good articles in the AusChron this last week before the election. I highlighted some others in this Congress post, but there are two others you should catch. This one is about Crawforf and Leon Smith, … Continue reading → Continue reading →