Now that the turkey has been eaten and your holiday decorations are up–or at least out of the garage–it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly round-up. The Texas Cloverleaf looks at the large donors from DFW who supported Prop 8. Over $335,000 went to California from 59 individuals. Time to consider the DFW Black List! John Coby at "......
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I started a rant, but it’s getting long due to me having to explain things in detail, and it’s a convoluted mess to explain anyway. Anytime I am ranting about elected officials and ignorant voters, that tends to be the case. Add in paper ballots and electronic voting machines, as well as terms such as “des elected 221; and “emphasis voting” … well, convoluted m......
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Katherine Haenschen at BOR is doing a series post-election called Texas By The Numbers.  The first installment was called Where The Democrats Are , here’s an excerpt: In 2004, Democrats carried only 5 counties: Webb, El Paso, Travis, Hildalgo, Jefferson. This year, that number is up to 9, with the notable inclusion of three huge (literally) urban counties: Bexar, Dallas, Harris. ......
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We finally had Google (which bought FeedBurner ) update and merge our RSS feed with their services. Took long enough. In any case, I don’t think there should be an interruption in service if you read via RSS but you would be well to do if you updated it to the the following RSS URL. New Feed: http://fee dproxy.goo gle.com/Bu rntOrangeR eport Source : Burnt Orange Report ( subsc......
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[x-posted from Capitol Annex] Today, Texas lost a luminary and a fighter. Texas lost Jim Mattox. Former Texas Attorney General James Albon “Jim” Mattox passed away last night in his sleep. He was 65. He will be remembered as a man who fought many fights for average, working Texans, and who left an indelible mark … Credit: In Memoriam: Jim Mattox......
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Texans for Obama had its first meeting in Austin since the election last night & Katherine has the wrap-up over at BOR . Chris Bell ’s runoff election day is Dec. 16th, so make sure you get out there to support SD-17 & the future state senator! More of a pictures person? Here you go:......
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Random Feed wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Earlier this morning I received a tip that House Republicans would be “mee ting” ; for a few hours before playing some golf. The event was held at the secluded Lost Pines resort in Bastrop. Republican elected officials, lobbyist, and corporate money were all on hand during the event. Sadly, we were kicked out pr......
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Over the last few days there have been several articles that have crystallized the problems the GOP in Texas is having post election.  The Texas GOP is beginning to look like a bunch of AIG Executives.  Their caucus is getting together with corporate lobbyists, at a posh spa retreat just South of Austin, paid for by corporate lobbyists, to plot strategy for the upcoming session.  The AP’s......
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David Mauro of the Burnt Orange Report is closing on a chance to win a $10,000 college scholarship. Take 30 seconds and vote for him so we can help one of our own get through college. I thought this thing wrapped up today, but now I’m hearing it goes until Thursday. Either way, take 10 seconds to help out one of our own. Simon Rosenberg , on the hole the GOP has dug itself into: ......
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Obviously New Hampshire is our almost exclusive focus here, and New Hampshire is the context for most of what we do. But Blue Hampshire is also lucky to be part of a nationwide community of state blogs. One of the biggest and best of those is Burnt Orange Report of Texas. They’ve been going for five years, so they’re also one of the oldest. In significant ways, what we do here happen......
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It’s Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly blog round-up. Barfly at McBlogger takes a moment to remind all of us that we better not fu*k with Barbie . Ruth Jones McClendon gets the Speaker’s race dangerously wrong says CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme . Vince at Capitol Annex takes a look at the race ......
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It's Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly blog round-up. Barfly at McBlogger takes a moment to remind all of us that we better not fu*k with Barbie . Ruth Jones McClendon gets the Speaker's race dangerously wrong says CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme . Vince at Capitol Annex takes a look at the race for......
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David Mauro, a critic of the Texas Two-Step who writes on Burnt Orange Report, is a leading candidate for a $10,000 blogger scholarship. PLEASE click here to vote for David Mauro. Davis has written several times on BOR about the Texas Two-Step.  He is in first place now, but it is a close race. Voting will be closed on November 20th, 2008 at 11:59pm PST. Here is an excerpt from what David blo......
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I found a most interesting essay, by Sara Robinson, that outlines the pre-conditions for a revolution, which could fairly describe the election of Barack Obama. An argument could be made that a presidential election in the United States does not deserve and never will deserve to be called a “rev olution 221;, but that determination is for future historians to decide. Time will tell. The......
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Looks like we can cross off Chet Edwards from the House Open Seat Watch . Burnt Orange Report has the full press release: "While it is an honor to have been considered for the position of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, I believe I can make the most difference for veterans, our district and country by continuing to serve in Congress. That is why I have informed President-elect Obama&......
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There’s no doubt she’s running for governor. Tod Hill over at BurntOrang eReport.co m tackles the question of whether Democrats have a chance of grabbing her Senate slot. His conclusion: probably not , due to what he terms the Hutchison Effect. It’s an excellent analysis, recommended for political junkies.......
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Until a candidate for Speaker can name 76 names there’s going to be speculation as to who has the votes to be the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.  At this time Philip Martin at the Burnt Orange Report (BOR) has the definitive tally, Speaker’s Race: Not Craddick - 74, Craddick Ceiling - 63 . It’s based not on speculation but on public sources: W......
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Travis County Attorney David Escamilla said he is reviewing a formal complaint against Dewhurst by a campaign watchdog group . The complaint followed an Associated Press report about Dewhurst’s personal financial statements, … More: continued here......
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[Update] Susan Welch Rodriguez and Rodney Pat Ramsey will join us tomorrow night on EllisCount yRadio.com at 9:30 p.m. I’m working an undisclosed polling location tomorrow, but for the readers and visitors needing and wanting up-to-the-minute election results, we’ve got a few Web sites for your tastes: [[[REMINDER: EllisCount yRadio.com LIVE @ 9:30 p.m. Central]]] + Lo......
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Election day is almost here, and the results could be quite amazing, given the turnout for early voting. AAA-Fund endorsee Rick Noriega has a great Halloween-related commercial: And let’s remember how much Bush loves Cornyn: Cornyn does not recognize our country’s economic troubles. Channelling Phil Gramm ’s “ nation of whiners ” comment, Cornyn......
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As I mentioned , Harris County has nearly 2 million registered voters. If not for the shameful shenanigans on the part of the Tax Assessor (voter registrar), Those fortunate enough to be registered faced their own problems . Long lines were the least of their worries. Republicans lied to voters standing in line about party-line votes. Some touch screen voting machines were misca......
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Early voting ended here in Texas Friday evening. The full numbers from the Secretary of State are not yet available, but we’re bound to hear of record-breaking turnout. In Travis County (Austin), the early vote record was broken with two days to spare! After the first week, Fort Bend County early voting was up 142% from 2004 ! The Harris County Clerk thinks total turnout ......
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Excellent candidates are running to end unanimous Republican domination of the Texas Supreme Court. Actually, almost any candidate would be excellent compared to the incumbents. The current court delivers : 86% anti-consumer 57% anonymous opinions 328% case backlog increase 2.3 years on average to handle a single case Newspapers around the state, which usually endorse Republica......
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What campaign? The strategy appears to be to ignore the state, except when it’s time to poach volunteers . I’ve lost count of the number of Drive for Change emails I’ve received asking me to go to New Mexico or Ohio. I’m not the only member of the Texas blogosphere unhappy about this. KT is “ less than enthusiastic ” to find that going to New Mexico is the ......
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Harris County is on the verge of turning blue, like Dallas County did in 2006. Republicans are concerned . The Houston Chronicle recently conducted a poll of Harris County, which found that voters in Harris County favor Obama by 7 and Noriega by 13 . Kuff points out tha County Judge and District Attorney races were the only county races polled. The poll indicates Asian Americans will help ......
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