Category Archives: Show Business for Ugly People

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 →

Nice article on the founders of ActBlue, the online clearinghouse for donating to Democratic candidates, even if they do somehow manage not to mention the Texas Tuesdays ActBlue page. I want to touch on something in this paragraph: After originally … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Greg notes that the Chron is running op-eds with ridiculously underinformative bylines. Again. The piece in question touts the “success” of Prop 12, the ridiculous tort “reform” measure passed last year, and was written by the Chairman of the State … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron reports on the five people with a Houston connection who made Capitol Inside’s list of top political donors in Texas. I’m not sure what Capitol Inside’s algorithm was, but I really don’t see why they bothered with Linda … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I got a good laugh out of Hotshot Casey’s column today, in which he imagines a future Swift Boat-style smear against State Rep. Rick Noriega, who is currently on active duty in Afghanistan. Best line in the piece: “All of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I join with Hope in unreservedly endorsing State Sen. Jeff Wentworth’s to-be-filed proposal to force the official recording all legislative votes. It’s appalling that bills can be passed or rejected by voice vote alone, and it’s long past time someone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It was rumor and now it’s reality. Mike Toomey, a former lawmaker and lobbyist who had served as Gov. Rick Perry’s chief of staff for nearly two years and served as a chief architect of Perry’s legislative initiatives, announced today … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The GOP may be putting on its best moderate face at the convention, but apparently someone forgot to tell that to Sheri Dew, the woman who will be giving the opening invocation and who apparently believes that people who don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →