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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Top Ten: Obama Administration switches border security strategy
Every week, Texas on the Potomac presents your favorite postings of the previous week. Today, we offer an encore of the top 10 postings for the week ending December 24.
The 12 most endangered incumbents of 2012
Blame it on congressional redistricting. The once-a-decade change in district lines to reflect population shifts has put the careers of House veterans and freshman alike in deep danger. Partisan gerrymandering by Republicans hurt Democrats in North Carolina, Ohio and Georgia. And Illinois Republicans are feeling the pain in a deep blue state.
Here are 12 of the most endangered incumbents of 2012, including liberal firebrand Dennis Kucinich.
Read MoreSheila Jackson Lee calls on Ron Paul to apologize or leave presidential race
“Ron Paul cannot continue to pursue the position of the presidency of the United States of America without formally apologizing and discussing his true positions regarding these newsletter writings,” Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said today.
The nation’s top ten political winners and losers of 2011
From Anthony Weiner to Rick Perry, we’ve seen some ambitious politicians self-destruct before our eyes in 2011. Here are some of the nation’s biggest political winners (and losers) of the year.
TexMessage: Pop star backs Ron Paul to an unexpected backlash
Good morning, TexMessagers. Is a political endorsement worth losing scores of Twitter followers?
The other war: 3 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Texas on the Potomac is dedicated to remembering every Texan or Texas-based military service member to die in Iraq or Afghanistan. Here is the latest report: The Department of Defense today announced the death of three Texas-based soldiers in Afghanistan. According to the Pentagon, Spc. Kurt W. Kern, 24, of McAllen, Sgt. Noah M. Korte, [...]
Read MoreNo vacation for media-savvy Texas lawmakers
While lawmakers are absent from Capitol Hill for the holidays, Texas lawmakers are working overtime on the media circuit.
Top Ten Texas political winners and losers of 2011
Welcome to the rollercoaster of Texas politics, 2011. The year that’s coming to an end has seen numerous reversals of political fortune, from Rick Perry’s rapid descent in the presidential race to the bizarre legal battle over the state’s legislative and congressional redistricting. Here are ten of the big winners (and losers) in Lone Star politics.
Increased deportations reduce Obama’s popularity with Latinos, but he still trounces Romney, Perry in match-up
The Hispanic community is increasingly dissatisfied with President Obama’s immigration enforcement policies, a new Pew Hispanic Research Institute survey found. But that unhappiness was not enough for the traditionally Democratic voters to defect to the Republican Party.
In a hypothetical match-up between Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Obama trounces the former Massachusetts governor 68 percent to 23 percent. He routs Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 69 percent to 23 percent.
Read MoreTexMessage: Congress gets caught with illegal online downloads
Good morning, TexMessagers. Have you been keeping up with SOPA?
Nick Anderson accuses Ron Paul of newsletter malpractice
The Houston Chronicle’s award-winning political cartoonist, Nick Anderson, takes a searing look at the controversial newsletters written two decades ago in the name of Ron Paul.
The wealth gap between Congress and constituents widens as lawmakers’ popularity drops
Texas’ very own Rep. Michael McCaul was named the wealthiest man in Congress this year, but he’s not the only lawmaker with deep pockets.
Rep. Ted Poe calls Eric Holder’s response to Fast and Furious “preposterous”
“This is not going away,” Rep. Ted Poe says, “even though the mainstream media doesn’t want to talk about this issue.”
TexMessage: Newt Gingrich is turning ‘serial hypocrisy’ against Ron Paul
Good morning, TexMessagers. What do you think Rep. Ron Paul’s chances are in Iowa?
