Monthly Archives: March 2008

And the Republican results: John McCain is now the official Republican nominee, with Mike Huckabee dropping out but Ron Paul (who also won his CD14 primary easily) carrying on. McCain won a fairly soft 51% of the vote statewide. Turnout … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some good, some not so good… Hillary Clinton overcame an early vote deficit to win Texas. Delegate results are here (PDF) – she leads the Senate district delegates 63-62. Caucus results will take some time. Obama won Harris County with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The good so far: Jessica Farrar at 75% in early voting. Rick Noriega just barely under 50% in early voting. Armando Walle wining the early vote and within 100 votes overall. David Mincberg and Diane Trautman cruising, Adrian Garcia at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am at my precinct convention (Precinct 003). Maybe 100 people here, with a slight majority for Obama by my reckoning. Very few Republicans. Will call things to order shortly and will post updates as time permits. UPDATE: Successfully transitioned … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So this is it, the primary that some people (like, um, me) foolishly wanted to move up to February to ensure a meaningful voice in the Presidential selection process is here at last. Many of us have already voted, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And even I’ll be ready to not hear those Obama commercials in heavy rotation on 103.7 Jack FM. I’m going to reiterate this post from Friday, for those of you who are voting today: If you vote today at a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re voting tomorrow, my advice is to get there early in hope of avoiding long lines. The campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama urged supporters to stop in at shopping centers, libraries or county courthouses to cast … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Among the many reasons why I’m hoping that the precinct convention business wraps up early tomorrow night is that I want to attend some parties. For some reason, there are several right in my neighborhood, and I know I’ll be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

With Super Texas Tuesday finally almost upon us, it’s time to have a little fun. This is an open predictions thread. I’m going to list some races, you tell me what you think is going to happen. Be as general … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Longtime GOP strategist Royal Masset looks at the Democratic turnout numbers in the Quorum Report and sees dire things for his party. Masset now sees the makings of a political tsunami greater than the annus horribilis of 2006. The nearly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we know, the Dallas Morning News broke with the pack and endorsed Mike Huckabee for the GOP nomination for President. Yesterday, they repeated that endorsement. Win or lose in November, the GOP is destined to spend the next few … Continue reading → Continue reading →

At long last, the Chron finishes its endorsements (more or less). The good news is that in the end, they made the right calls. Texas Senate, District 4, Republican Tommy Williams — A legislator with impeccable conservative credentials, Williams is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Take it for what it’s worth. I have no idea how you get a representative sample, but it’s better to try than not. Prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former Judge Pat Lykos lead police Capt. Doug Perry and defense lawyer Jim … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron has another batch of endorsements today, which I almost missed since it wasn’t linked on the index page for Opinion – I spotted it in the paper version, and then had to look to find it online. Here … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As predicted, we had over 30,000 more Democratic votes cast on the last day of early voting – 33,100, to be exact, for a grand total of 170,032; 9,787 Republicans showed up to bring their final tally to 51,199 – … Continue reading → Continue reading →