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A new poll released by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says only 41 percent of Texans have a favorable opinion of Sen. John Cornyn — and another 40 percent doesn’t know who he is. Which makes the state’s junior senator a vulnerable target when he runs for re-election in 2008, they said. The poll, conducted by Hamilton Beattie & Staff for the DSCC also found that if the vote were held today, Cornyn would pull 47 percent of the vote and his unnamed Democratic challenger would pull 38 percent. Cornyn’s job security is hit by the fact that he took...

In Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson, Republicans could have a formidable challenger to Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D) next year in Texas’ 23rd district.

A runoff between Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla and his Democratic challenger will be held Dec. 12, Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday. Bonilla finished with 49 percent of the vote in the Nov. 7 special election. He will face former U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, who got about 20 percent of the vote. Early voting will begin Dec. 4. Eight candidates participated in the special election that was called after the U.S. Supreme Court found a portion of the congressional district boundaries unconstitutional.

Accordint to Capitol Inside, Texas Comptroller John Sharp’s name is being bantied about as a possible contender against Senator John Cornyn in 2008.

Warning for GOP in Harris County Election results show Dems could prevail here as soon as 2008 Harris County Democratic and Republican officials have looked at Tuesday's local election results and they agree: The GOP-dominated county government could be recaptured by Democrats as soon as 2008. "Believe me, it's being discussed," said Republican Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt, a conservative leader. "It's an amazing wake-up call," said Republican County Commissioner Steve Radack. In an election when many ethnic minority voters didn't vote, Republican judicial candidates on the bottom half of the Harris County ballot won by an average of...

Although Mayor Bill White says it's an unnecessary expense, state law requires that the city conduct a special election to fill the seat of Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who must resign for her brief stint in Congress. The special city election can be no earlier than May, meaning whoever wins will have to run again next November to keep the job. "It's sort of a shame that we have to pay a lot of money to hold a special election," White said. "But that's the state law as it exists." Sekula-Gibbs was elected Tuesday to serve out the term of former House...

AUSTIN - Can the four major candidates for Texas governor debate each other for an hour on live television without being seen or heard? Probably not, but Belo Corp., sponsor of the only such gubernatorial showdown this fall, will test that possibility Friday night, both with its restrictive distribution rules and the time slot. Originating in Dallas, the debate will be carried live on the company's WFAA flagship; Belo affiliates in Houston (KHOU-Channel 11), San Antonio and Austin; Belo's Texas Cable News (TXCN) and will be streamed live on their Web sites. TV stations in smaller towns outside Belo markets...

AUSTIN — Two gubernatorial candidates received rare embraces from leaders of an organization that prides itself on its fierce nonpartisanship and rigid rules for politicians. Democrat Chris Bell got a warm embrace Saturday morning after pledging support for education and healthcare spending, training for livable wage jobs and comprehensive immigration reform all of which make up the "working families agenda" for the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation. Texas comptroller and independent gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn got a big hug on Friday from the Rev. John Bowie of True Light Baptist Church in Houston after Strayhorn offered passionate support for most...

SUGAR LAND — Mayor David Wallace will not run as a write-in Republican candidate for the congressional seat vacated by Tom DeLay. Wallace announced his decision about the Congressional District 22 race today at a news conference at Sugar Land City Hall. The decision comes after Republican party leaders from Fort Bend, Harris, Galveston and Brazoria counties selected Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs as the party's choice to run in the November election as a write-in candidate. No Republican will appear on the ballot because DeLay stepped down after winning the nomination in March. A court ruled the party could...

Sugar Land's Republican mayor on Friday became the first person to file as a write-in candidate on the ballot for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who resigned from Congress in June amid allegations of money laundering. DeLay tried to render himself ineligible for the race by moving to Virginia so that another Republican could replace him on the ballot for the suburban Houston seat. But a federal appeals court ruled last week that DeLay, who won the March Republican primary election, is still eligible and must remain on the Nov. 7 ballot, leaving state Republicans to organize behind a...

Write-in candidate names are not on the ballot by design. To cast a vote for one on the electronic eSlate machines, which don't have a keyboard, you'll have to use the "select" dial to choose "write-in." Even then, the names won't automatically pop up, said Scott Haywood, a spokesman for the Secretary of State's Office. In each booth there will be a printed list of candidates who have been certified for the Congressional District 22 race. Using the dial and a picture of a keyboard on the screen, the voter will click the letters of the name they want. Potential...

Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is in and Harris County Judge Robert Eckels is out of the Republican intraparty battle to succeed departing U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay. Because DeLay, R-Sugar Land, won the GOP nomination for a 12th term in the March primary and then announced he would step down, the nominee on the November general election ballot will be selected by party leaders in the four counties that are part of the 22nd Congressional District. Sekula-Gibbs, serving her last two years on council under city term limits, announced at an event in Webster today that she will seek the...

Friedman testified during the punishment phase of Max Soffar's trial that the defendant should not be executed and questioned the evidence used to convict him. "I've seen the problems with the lawyers, everybody's dead, all the witnesses are dead, there's no evidence against him," he said. "And I can't even believe he was brought to trial in the first place." [snip] Although he used to support the death penalty, Friedman told jurors he's now against it.

Official denies primary drive is aimed at halting bid for governor Kinky Friedman says the secretary of state's office is hampering his independent campaign for governor by urging Texans to head to the polls March 7. Secretary of State Roger Williams has encouraged voters to participate in the primaries. But Mr. Friedman said Tuesday that the secretary of state isn't playing fair because only registered voters who sit out the primaries can sign a petition to put the singer-novelist on the ballot. Urging people to vote in the primaries amounts to campaigning against him, Mr. Friedman argued. "That's just such...

All-- First and foremost, I am writing to you to remind you to early vote this week in the Constitutional Amendment election. Election Day is next Tuesday, Nov. 8. If you would like a copy of a voter guide with more in-depth explanations of the issues, I would be happy to make that available to you. Please don't forget to make your voice heard on these matters, especially on the Proposition 2. Second, I want to take a minute to address a growing negativity I have sensed among Republicans both locally and elsewhere about the current straits of our Party....

Gonzales open to running for office in Texas WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales suggests he would be open to running for office in his home state of Texas after leaving the Justice Department. "I wouldn't close the door, no," Gonzales said in today's editions of the Dallas Morning News. While Gonzales didn't indicate which office he would consider, he wouldn't choose the Senate. "There are other things I'd rather do than be a senator," he said. He pointed out that his absence from the Texas political scene since 2001 could make seeking office difficult. "It would be kind of...

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weegee note: Despite all claims to the contrary by the author, this is a hit piece on restauranteur/talk show host Edd Hendee. If the steak house is so old and unremarkable, why even cover it? If his politics are irrelevant (which they are) and not a factor in his critique, why get so venemous? What a *********. Note there was a considerable wait to get in. To quote Yogi Berra, "That place is so crowded that nobody goes there anymore." on with the article... Past Its Prime - Taste of Texas Steakhouse takes you on a nostalgia trip to the...

You guys should check this group out. I met one of their members out in Ohio working with a congressional candidate. They knew what they were doing and I was impressed but i didn't realize that Alex had his own team until yesterday. I looked at their website its got some really solid ideas in terms of strategy. Check it out: http://www.vandenberg-strategies.com

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Free registration is required to log onto article. Here is an excerpt of it: Former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros (D-TX) has ruled out a bid for the U.S. Senate. With the prospect of an open Senate seat, several prominent political figures are considering campaigns including Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst (R-TX), U.S. Representative Henry Bonilla (R-TX), state Attorney General Greg Abbott (R-TX), former state Comptroller John Sharp (D-TX), former Dallas Mayor and 2002 nominee Ron Kirk (D-TX), attorney Barbara Radnofsky (D-TX) and former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson (D-TX).

Bush is first president to choose yule card with a Scripture THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS About 2 million friends and supporters of President Bush found something in their mailboxes this month that no other president has offered: A holiday card with a Bible verse. This card has a line from Psalms, 95:2: "Let us come before him with Thanksgiving and extol him with music and song." Presidents have been sending season's greetings since Calvin Coolidge wrote "Merry Christmas" on White House stationery in 1927. And many presidents issued proclamations about faith-related events varying from the National Day of Prayer to...

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Third Ct. Of Appeals Candidate Hires Sexual Harassers as Campaign Consultants by Seton Motley Diane Henson, the Democrat candidate for Place Six on the Third Court of Appeals, has retained a consulting firm for her campaign headed up by two women who were fired as heads of Texas Senate Office of Media Services for sexual, political and religious harassment. The two women, Barbara Schlief and Shelley L. Smith, were removed from their positions as Department Supervisors of Senate Media on August 9th, 2001. On July 25th, 2001, Schlief was put on administrative leave pending investigation of allegations of her sexually,...

Every republican should by Fahrenhype 9/11. Then they should have a party watching first MOOREs movie and then the rebuttal. This is the best way to get liberals to see Fahrenhype, because you will tell them that you will watch Fahrenheit 9/11 if they do so. None of them want to admit that they won't listen to both sides of the story. So they will come. (I suggest also copying Stolen Honor onto a cd or dvd to show afterwards). I am doing this at work in California and I have got a lot of people together to watch them...

What do you get when you have a Dick and a Bush??? A (carry-pregnancy)Kerry!!! Enuff said! C u at the inaugaration President Kerry!!!!!

http://www.texansfortruth.comAnything to this? What's the party line on how the Bush Campaign responds to this? The gist of the movie is that this guy says he was there, and George W. Bush wasn't. He says he asked and no one can remember George showing up for active duty. There's more. The wife of the guy that Bush campaigned for says that George Bush showed up bragging about how much he drank, but didn't ever do anything for the campaign or perform his National Guard duties. I dunno how much if any of this is true, but it sure seems like...

Support the Movement in counter suit against Kerry's main fundraiser SMCCDI (Urgent Action) August 3, 2004 " To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again, to right the wrongs of many..." - ( Ella Wheeler Wilcox ) Dear Principled Americans, Dear Freedom loving Iranians, Finally, the legal venue of the "Nemazee Vs. SMCCDI and Aryo B....

Gannett Fails One-Newspaper Communities/Counties- Port Huron Times Herald a Queue for Government Intervention? In particular, with today’s concentration of all reporting medium with just a few companies- who determines the void or lack of reporting in the best interest to citizens. I’ve challenged a Gannett newspaper, the Times Herald of Port Huron Michigan of its obligation citizens in one-newspaper counties. There appears to be an immediate need to make certain legislation be brought requiring corporate newspapers to better report news and serving the communities they cover. At a crucial time with the 2004 Primary literally days away- this particular newspaper,...

The poll of 600 likely Republican voters in St. Clair County Michigan’s State Representative District 81 countywide found Alloway leading Pavlov by 12 points, 48 percent to 40 percent in a three-way race with Yale Republican Steve Pray Nader included in the ballot test.

“A Michigan Impossible until we work together ending illegal state house electioneering practices” Joe Alloway-R Michigan House District 81 St. Clair County Michigan PORT HURON – JULY 11, 2004 - Please listen to a recent interview (http://66.92.134.175/~benburch/old/TrupianoShow-(10-5-2004).mp3) exposing Michigan’s #1 area to reform and that’s ending illegal activities in Michigan’s House Republican Caucus Communications Office! Very few citizens asked have no idea of what that word means. Folks, the bottom line is we’ve had some major problems in this antiquated, 50-person staffed office and they’re just coming public. Take recent revelations of state employees assigned to representatives as campaign managers...

I just got back last week from driving across the country, I live in Washington State and drove to PA in see my wifes family and took I-80 and I-90 back home. With my Bush/Cheney sticker from 2000 in my back window along with my W-04 sticker I got a aproviel rating of about 75% judging from the honks and thumbs ups from fellow drivers. Funny how I got the 1 finger salute from the folks with the Kerry stickers. My question to you is do you vent your hate and anger at fellow drivers on the road with a...

Last night, I was told that a report was recently published by some DC think-tank. This report ranked members of congress in order of taxpayer-friendliness, i.e. it examined their votes on tax-related bills and determined where any particular member of congress came in on higher or lower taxes for their constituents. The same person who told me about the report told me that a whopping 75% of house and senate members from my state were in the top 20 LEAST friendly to taxpayers in their voting records. Have any of you heard of this report? Can you point me to...

Are you a registered voter?? Do you know anyone who needs to register?? Check this out: http://www.ConservativeAlerts.com/vote.htm Ultra liberal "MoveOn" is attempting to register 100,000 new left wing voters. WE need to register 200,000 new conservative voters!! Just click on the above link, click on your State, fill in the necessary information, print it out, and mail it in!! It's a simple as that!! As you all know, this will be the most important election in our lifetime. Our future depends on it, and the future of our children depends on it. It is an election we MUST win!! DO...

I've seen the senate races heating up, but not nearly as much on the house seats. I'm mostly using information from DC POLITICAL REPORT and POLITICS1. STATES Alabama DISTRICT 3 - The other Mike Rogers (R) won in 02 with 50.3% over Democrat Joe Turnham(48.2%) in an open seat. So far, it looks as he is facing Democrat Bill Fuller, Ex-State Human Resources Commissioner. I haven't heard much about this race, but the first defense is hardest. Alaska SENATE - Lisa Murkowski(R) vs Ex governor Tony Knowles. This will be a tough race as Knowles is an ex-governor and Murkowski...

LAREDO — Attorney-banker Francisco "Quico" Canseco was a 10-year-old elementary school student when he first learned that being a Republican in heavily Democratic South Texas wasn't going to be easy. Classmates at the all-boys Catholic school taunted him for wearing a Richard Nixon lapel badge given to him by his physician father, a lifelong Republican here. Nixon lost to Democrat John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, in the 1960 presidential election. "They said I was going to hell for wearing that pin," Canseco said with a smile. "At school, my teacher said they were wrong. I wasn't going to hell. I...

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus speculate that Laredo lawyer Henry Cuellar may switch parties if his recount victory survives legal challenges.

A minor incident occurred at the Kerry “Town Hall Meeting” in Houston on March 6th. The Houston Chronicle reported it as follows: “Promised protests failed to materialize, although three demonstrators were ejected from the event after unfurling a banner that read, "Vietnam Veterans Are Not Fonda Kerry," a reference to conservative attempts to link Kerry's opposition to the war to actress Jane Fonda.” There is no reason to expect accuracy or veracity from an information source that turned the Tet Offensive from a Communist disaster to a Communist victory, but the truth should be worth the extra effort. What should...

Journalists, political pundits and other Hysteric Left activists are desperately trying to spin some cosmic significance out of Sunday's Spanish elections. The "conventional wisdom" is that the Spanish Election results are some sort of significant defeat for President Bush and the War on Terror. As usual the "News Media's" thinking is neither conventional nor wise. What all the various activists miss is the reality of American Exceptionalism. As much as the International Political Left hates, and try's to deny, the reality is the USA operates on a completely different political level then the rest of the world. On Sunday, the...

The reason for my apology was that throughout this primary season we have been hearing about the record turnout of voters participating in Democrat caucuses and primaries. I bought the lie. The truth is that, except for Iowa and New Hampshire, there has not been any sort of record turnout for the Democrats. Even in New Hampshire the vote was far less than what the Republicans had when they last had a contested primary in 2000. The Democrats this year had 219,787 votes in their primary. The GOP in 2000 had 239,523 votes. That 20,000 difference is major in a...

Are you disappointed in President Bush? Would you prefer that he retaliate against the country that actually attacked us on 9/11 (Saudi Arabia) rather than prosecute futile campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq? Would you prefer to abolish both the Department of Education and the Department of Homeland Security? Would you rather he hadn't shred the remnants of the Bill of Rights with the PATRIOT Act? Would you rather he hadn't sponsored the biggest increase in social welfare spending since 1965? Would you prefer that he refrain from giving the country away to illegal immigrants? Would you like to register a...

Vote.com has a vote on President Bush's current Ads. Please take a minute to vote here http://www.vote.com/vote/60212434/index.phtml

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/6/121052.shtml Well isn't this intresting. The "objective news media" supposed 9-11 surviors protesting Bush's ads are actually anti-war stooges financed by John Kerry's wife. Please take a moment and vist the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC etc to email the Omsbudsman, the Publisher, the News Editor and demand to know why they allowed clearly partisan advocates of Kerry's Presidential Campaign were presented on their "News" programs with no reference to their ties to the Kerry camp. We absolutely must demand the "News Media" be held accountable for their free advertising for the Kerry camp.

http://www.georgewbush.com/tvads/ Here is a link to the 1st three Bush Re-election ads. As expected the DNC directed its "Objective News Media" mouthpieces at CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC to generate phoney hysteria about these ads. Compared to the demogagery and lies spread by the Kerry Campaign, Moveon.org and the DNC about Bush for the last 6 months, this is probably the mildest sets of ads that have run so far this political season. Please email this link to every person on you email contact list. We need to get as many people as possible to see these ads. They are...

Conservatives should write in Tom Tancredo in the primary ballot to demonstrate the depth of concern we have with the President. If enough do this, he will get the message.

AUSTIN -- U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Wednesday that Republicans will spend the money it takes to win the seats drawn for the GOP in a congressional redistricting map. "Having the right kind of map that represents the voting trends of Texas finally puts us in a fair position," DeLay told the Houston Chronicle. "Now we have to do it." A three-judge federal court, in a decision split on party lines Tuesday, rejected arguments by Democrats and minority groups that a congressional redistricting plan violates minority voting rights. The court cleared the map for use in this year's...

I was wondering if anyone was knew the Texas laws for Exploratory Committees. I know the federal laws, I was wondering if they were the same or not.

Below is a list of each state and its "Political Party statistics", meaning that state's current governor, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, and who they voted for in the 2000 election.  This is useful data in trying to predict future voting trends.   AlabamaGovernor Bob Riley (R)Senator Richard Shelby (R)Senator Jeff Sessions (R)5 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush AlaskaGovernor Frank Murkowski (R)Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)Senator Ted Stevens (R)1 Republican Congressman2000 Election: Bush ArizonaGovernor Janet Napolitano (D)Senator John McCain (R)Senator Jon Kyl (R)6 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush ArkansasGovernor Mike Huckabee (R)Senator Blanche Lincoln (D)Senator Mark Pryor (D)3 Democrat Congressmen1 Republican Congressman2000 Election:...

LUBBOCK, Texas - A land developer defeated an accountant who used to be President Bush 's business partner in a tight Republican runoff Tuesday to succeed retired Rep. Larry Combest. With all but one of the West Texas congressional district's 207 precincts reporting unofficial returns, Randy Neugebauer had 28,530 votes to Mike Conaway's 27,858 votes. The one unreported precinct was in a county where Neugebauer led by a 2-to-1 margin. Neugebauer and Conaway, both Republicans, emerged from a field of 17 candidates in a special election last month. They were in a runoff to see who will replace Combest, who...

A lot has changed since Orlando Sanchez ran for mayor in 2001, narrowly losing a runoff to incumbent Lee Brown. The former City Council member has been courted by the White House to run for Congress. State officials have talked with him about an appointment to the Texas Railroad Commission. Sanchez has taken two new jobs, one with an investment group and another with an accounting firm. He's joined boards of local companies and institutions. In short, Sanchez, a Republican, has become a hot property since he fell 10,702 votes shy of becoming the first Hispanic mayor of Houston at...