Brace Yourselves
Will 2018 bring another New Day?
Will 2018 bring another New Day?
Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, and the future of Texas.
It appears that Governor-elect Abbott is considering some form of Medicaid expansion. If this is indeed the case, it is incredibly good news for Texas. Rick Perry’s rejection of Medicaid expansion was petulant and extremely damaging to the state. The cost of expansion to the state is miniscule (mainly covering
Greg Abbott is off to a fast start—and that is good for Texas.
Some questions about Barack Obama's explanation for his executive action on immigration, announced last week.
On Thursday, the president said that Congress had left him no choice but to act alone. Conservatives can argue otherwise.
A visit from the ghost of elections past.
Free advice for Greg Abbott, the new governor of Texas.
After a year of campaigning, the first gubernatorial race in a generation not to feature an incumbent governor comes to a conclusion. Wendy Davis has been a clear underdog since the race started—so how would you set the spread?
Citing space concerns, the Hidalgo County Democrats in Precinct 4 say they had to be judicious about the candidates they put on the form.
To the surprise of no one, the Morning News has endorsed Greg Abbott for governor. It is a choice that I won’t criticize. But I will raise this red flag: that Wendy Davis has uncovered serious issues about Abbott’s character and lack of empathy for Texans who have
Davis's latest ad has caused a lot of controversy. Is she wrong in bringing up Abbott's accident?
Wendy Davis's new ad attacks Abbott for attacking "other victims"
A federal judge in Corpus Christi called the state's voter ID law "an unconstitutional poll tax"
The war chest matters in 2014, but it sets the tone in 2018.
I’m not surprised that the race for governor has tightened according to the recent Lyceum Poll. This is a contest between two candidates who have the support of large constituencies that stretch far beyond Texas. Abbott is among the state’s most prominent attorneys and is no stranger to
The final debate in the 2014 governor's race is over, and the winner was clear-cut.
When one looks at the wheeling and dealing that went on with the Texas Enterprise Fund, my question is this: Why is it not an impeachable offense? These folks used the Enterprise Fund for their private playground. They awarded $222 million to entities that, according to the Dallas Morning News,
Alas, I was out of the state for the Texas gubernatorial debate on Friday evening, but having watched the replay, I can’t say that I missed much. As debates go, I found it relatively low-wattage. Both candidates were articulate and reasonably polite to their opponents, though I thought Davis
Democrats Wendy Davis, Leticia Van de Putte, and Mike Collier take on their Republican opponents over the 2011 cuts to public schools.
In his jobs plan, Greg Abbott opts for a minimalist aesthetic.
He's still raising money for his race for governor. And it's not because he's worried about Wendy.
On Thursday, Wendy Davis offered a good policy idea, which was forgotten by Friday
The big news out of the gubernatorial campaign has got a lot of people talking—but is it anything worth saying?
Yesterday, Davis told a radio station that she's a Cowboys fan, which led the Abbott campaign to call her a flip-flopper, in one of the sillier press releases of this campaign season.
Two court rulings and a debate over a debate add up to a couple of headaches for Abbott.
It is all but certain that Attorney General Greg Abbott will appeal Judge Dietz’s school finance ruling. It’s classic Abbott. He has to win, even if he realizes that he is going to lose.But the Legislature’s treatment of the schools during the 2011 session all but guarantees a loss for Abbott.
And the coverage of it by the media.
The attorney general takes a swing at Wendy Davis.
Wendy Davis's first TV ad of the gubernatorial campaign is a fairly dark one
With three months to go until the general election, there isn't much reason to talk about the governor's race. It's over.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Texas were to catch up to the modern world, for once? I’m addressing the issue of same-sex marriage here. What’s the use of fighting for a policy that without question violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws? In fairness to Greg
The Austin-based theater chain that makes national headlines for kicking out talkers and texters wants the Attorney General to know that there are no exceptions.
What Greg Abbott and the Republican party should have learned from their state convention.
Wendy Davis wins a round over Greg Abbott.
Greg Abbott reaches out to Hispanic voters, at a moment when other Republicans are struggling to do so.
What does his schedule suggest about his role?
UPDATE: This post has been edited to correct errors related to the candidates’ position on pre-K and public education. I regret the error.Why does pre-K matter? The answer is that professional educators wouldn’t be so gung-ho about pre-kindergarten instruction unless they saw the huge value – both in terms of
A response to Texas Monthly's coverage of the equal pay debate.
The story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch—the North Texas neurosurgeon responsible for the death of two patients and the paralysis of four others—saw an interesting twist this week when the current Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful used his office to intervene in three lawsuits against the hospital that allowed him to
Wendy Davis and the Democrats are on the attack about the Lilly Ledbetter Act, but would the bill have addressed the problem?
Campaigns get complicated when politics and gender collide. Just ask Wendy Davis.
The man expected to become the next governor of Texas shows that he lacks political judgment.
Rick Perry’s approach to economic development is being challenged by candidates from both parties. But history shows that Perry is only conducting business as usual.
Attorney general Greg Abbott’s $345 million border security plan is almost certainly doomed to fail. The border region is so huge and comprises so many millions of acres that it defies the ability of state government to enforce whatever security issues may arise. Every Republican candidate this election cycle has
The bad news for Texans is that 2014 is shaping up in the most predictable way.
What happens when a private family tragedy plays out in a very public way?
If 2014 is the year everything is supposed to change in Texas politics, why do the campaigns feel so irrelevant?
If 2014 is the year everything is supposed to change in Texas politics, why do the campaigns feel so irrelevant?
In the brief time Ted Cruz has been a senator, he has managed to convince half the country that he is a true patriot and the other half that he is a dangerous nutcase. What will he do next?