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Straus and the 83rd
Or is it the 84th? I don’t even remember anymore. Anyways, David Simpson’s campaign to elect a “Christian Conservative” whimpered without a bang. In fact, he dropped it, so Joe Straus was re-elected by...
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More attack ads in District D
I received this lovely message in my inbox at 11:53 this morning, from an organization labeled “Say No To Dwight Boykins“, complete with the email address of “SayNoToDwightBoykins@politician.com” The...
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Horwitz on the Far-Right
As I have discussed previously, I identify myself with the Democratic Party because it is, in my opinion, the sole reasonable political party in this country. In any other civilized country on the...
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Cantor loses
The Washington Post reports that Rep. Eric Cantor, the US House Majority Leader, has lost the Republican primary for his seat, thus being denied re-election. Cantor, a Virginia Republican, widely...
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The Speaker’s race that wasn’t
State Representative Joe Straus (R-Bexar County), the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, is a dying breed. A comparably moderate Republican, he runs the chamber based on the consent of its...
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Catching up, Part III
Last week, we saw the brief rise and spectacular fall of the self-aggrandizing Texan believing their own delusions of grandeur. Specifically, I’m talking about Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), a...
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