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Originally designed to promote the columns of anonymous Republican and Democratic writers, this page is now the home of a variety of columnists which currently include former Republican Party political director Royal Masset, environmental reporter Duggan Flanakin, former San Antonio Light Capitol reporter Ed Sills, and general all-around curmudgeon Edd O'Donnell. Each columnist brings decades of experience to the table.
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July 27, 2010 2:50 PM PHILLIP MARTIN: RICK PERRY WILL BE A DRAG ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKETThe 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 ELECTIONBurch 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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