The crumbling public financing system for presidential campaigns
With the 2008 presidential race sure to see the largest sums of money raised on either side in history, Sen. Hillary Clinton has already waved off federal funds for the general election. As the FEC...
View ArticleTexas General Election Round-Up
[This round-up of election news and endorsement posts is brought to you by the Texas Progressive Alliance in anticipation of the November 6 general election. Some of the blogs and sites included in...
View ArticleFlyers Give Voters Wrong Date
Boy, this just never gets old, does it? A bogus election flier that gives the wrong day for Election Day raised alarm bells among local officials Monday. Featuring the county logo and the county...
View ArticleObama has bigger lead over McCain, but Hillary will do in a pinch
According to this ABC News/Washington Post poll, we see that Obama posts a 12 point lead over McCain if the election were held today, whereas Hillary only leads with 6 points. I’ve got no time to...
View ArticleLegal Action in Irving
Things are still happening in Irving, although I haven’t posted anything on it recently. There are a couple of lawsuits in the works. One is against the City Council’s at-large election system and the...
View ArticleTexas No Longer Solidly Republican
Though I suppose you can still count on our state to supply Republican scofflaws, a new Gallup poll indicates that Texas is no longer a solidly Republican state. In fact, only four states are: Utah,...
View ArticleAnd back home at the (Valley) ranch…
I just realized it’s been a while since I wrote anything about Irving. Two important things have occurred in Irving that may have wide-reaching consequences. For the first story, I blogged a little bit...
View ArticleJudicial Reform/SBOE Races
Couple of good reads in the DMN as of late. First, this editorial from William McKenzie, who argues that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White should run on the issue of judicial elections...
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