Senate debate recap: Cruz and Dewhurst trade barbs in lively encounter
Nearly every time he spoke, Cruz criticized Dewhurst, prompting the debate moderators to give Dewhurst a chance to respond. It all left little on-camera time for Leppert and James.
View ArticleCruz, Dewhurst fight for the heart and soul of the Texas Republican Party
“A U.S. senator from Texas can be 100 percent conservative with a 100 percent conservative record, and so we demand more,” said Brendan Steinhauser of former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey's...
View ArticleSocial media mastery a key to Ted Cruz’s big win
On a geopolitical level, Ted Cruz’s victory in the Texas Senate runoff Tuesday reflected the power of anti-government populism among hard-core Republicans. But the most important lesson of Cruz’s...
View ArticleQ&A with Vincent Harris, the mastermind behind Ted Cruz’s social media success
One of the most important decisions Republican Senate hopeful Ted Cruz made was his hiring of Vincent Harris, a 24-year-old Austin consultant specializing in social media and building internet...
View ArticleTexas a swing state? Not on my watch, says Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz is searching for money by playing on President Barack Obama and other democrats' threats that Texas could become a swing state. Political scientists aren't so sure that will happen.
View ArticlePoll: Romney, Cruz hold massive leads in Texas
A Texas Lyceum poll, conducted Sept. 10-26, found Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney running far ahead of President Obama, 58 percent to 39 percent among likely voters. In the Senate race to...
View ArticleDebate night in Texas: A preview of the Cruz-Sadler Senate debate
Paul Sadler has struggled to draw Ted Cruz’s attention. Over the last two months, Sadler has called Cruz an extremist, cowardly and a laughingstock and has questioned Cruz’s ties to Texas. During the...
View ArticleTexas Senate debate: Paul Sadler is more aggressive, Ted Cruz more effective...
Despite being out-tweeted, Cruz's campaign flexed its social media muscles, garnering 275 retweets during the hour-long debate, an average of almost 23 per tweet compared to just 124 retweets and an...
View ArticleThe top ten political turkeys of 2012. Happy Thanksgiving!
No, Rick Perry is NOT on this list. “Oops” was sooooooooo 2011. This Thanksgiving — and happy turkey day to y’all — we’re looking for ten men (yes, they’re all men) who went above and beyond the call...
View ArticleCraig James’ Senate campaign still owes people money
Craig James’ Senate campaign was an unmitigated disaster. Even though it ended in an embarrassing defeat in the Republican primary in May, the troubles continue. According to his most recent campaign...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn is taking primary challenge seriously, campaign manager says
No prominent Republican has expressed interest in taking on Cornyn. And no Democrat with statewide name recognition has stepped forward to seek the party's nomination in 2014. Still, Steinhauser said...
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