July 27, 2010 2:50 PM
PHILLIP MARTIN: RICK PERRY WILL BE A DRAG ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
The ever provocative Phillip Martin makes an interesting and controversial argument about the November election.
Rick Perry’s hopes to win this November rest on his ability
to convince enough voters that protesting Washington is more important than
solving problems he’s created here at home. Perry’s anti-Washington propaganda
is an obvious attempt by a twenty-five year career politician to distract
voters from the fact that – under Perry’s watch – state debt has doubled,
state spending has nearly doubled, and the state of Texas is facing a potential
$18
billion budget deficit.
Perry’s rhetoric-over-reality performance played well
against Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary, but
Perry has hit a brick wall running against Democrat Bill White. As University
of Texas professor Jim Henson told the Austin
American-Statesman recently, “I haven’t seen Perry lose this
many news cycles since he’s been Governor.” Last week’s fundraising numbers
were no help to Perry, either, with White showing a $3 million
cash-on-hand advantage over Perry.
Bill White is giving
Rick Perry the race of his political life and that gives down-ballot
Republicans reason to be afraid for theirs. There are three key reasons why
Rick Perry will be a drag on the Republican ticket: Democrats have built
straight-ticket advantages over Republicans that a competitive race atop the
ticket can exploit; Perry’s anti-Washington message is useless in down-ballot
races; there’s no precedent, even in 1994, of any national political wave
affecting Texas.
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July 1, 2010 3:44 PM
BILL BURCH: GRIT PLAYED MAJOR ROLL IN REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN ELECTION
Burch says GRIT trained and delivered hundreds of delegates to convention and helped Munisteri
By Bill Burch, President and
Chairman of the Grass Roots Institute of Texas.
"The Board of Directors of the Grass
Roots Institute of Texas (GRIT) greatly appreciate the
acknowledgment
and gratitude of Steve Munisteri, the newly elected Chairman of the Republican
Party of Texas, for the role we played in his historic election. I
would like to commend our Board and our members, of which Steve is also a
member, as well as that of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT)
and the many individuals who played important roles throughout Texas who made
this victory possible.
"We had seven members on the Rules
Committee, where the Supplementary Rules were changed to have the
members of the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) elected
before the Chair and Vice-Chair. This allowed the SREC to nominate and openly
support Steve. GRIT Board members were directly responsible for six of the
Senate District Caucuses voting for Steve and influencing at least three more.
These Board members include Denise McNamara, Jane Burch, Tom Washington,
Myron Goins, Craig Ownby, Bill Burch, Jean McIver, James Barnes, Dr. Johnny
Lovejoy, II, Sandra Cararas, Bobby Eberle, Jane Cansino, Borah Van Dormolen,
Jim Cardle, Royal Masset, and Jim Lyde.
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