Daily Archives: August 17, 2004

Poor Pete

Suppose you’re an incumbent Congressman, and you’re locked in a tight and expensive battle for reelection against another incumbent Congressman (thanks to the magic of redistricting). One day you take your kid to school and see a ton of signs … Continue reading Continue reading

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My son, the baseball player

The Bonassus notes that the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame is going to honor the 143 Jewish men who have played in the bigs. I don’t really have anything to add to this except to note that this is … Continue reading Continue reading

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Let’s make more!

Political Wire asks the following: Q. Which state is most over-represented in the Electoral College? The answer is Wyoming, whose 3 electoral votes cover just over 500,000 people, or about 167,000 per person. California, with over 35 million people and … Continue reading Continue reading

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It’s not just Houston

We know, as Ginger among others has noted, that the national political conventions don’t bring in that much money to the host cities. It happened in Boston, and it’s expected to happen in New York (if Zoe’s research is any … Continue reading Continue reading

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Must be nice to have so many friends

Becky Klein is running against Rep. Lloyd Doggett in the new CD25. Nobody thinks she’s going to win, but an array of corporate benefactors are throwing money her way anyway because she might someday be the head of the FCC. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Some CHIP funds restored

About damn time. After months of increasing pressure, Gov. Rick Perry on Monday approved spending $561 million to restore some of the cuts made last year in health care for the poor. The money will reduce by half the estimated … Continue reading Continue reading

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Texas Tuesdays: Scott Hochberg

Today’s special guest star is Rep. Scott Hochberg from SD 137. Scott is a Rice grad, a go-to player in the House on all things education, and one of the all around good guys in Austin. Check out the brief … Continue reading Continue reading

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