Rep. Joe Barton, who is in the running to head the House Energy and Commerce Committee, promises all-out warfare with the Obama administration if he takes the reins of the powerful panel. In a slide presentation e-mailed to colleagues as a way of laying out his plans, the Texas Republican declares war — figuratively, one [...]
Call it the “birther” bill. Any candidate for president or vice president would be required to submit his or her birth certificate to the Texas secretary of state to qualify for the ballot there, under a measure filed this week in the Legislature of the Lone Star State. The bill was introduced by state Rep. [...]
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas recently sat down for an exclusive interview with Politics Daily. Perry is running for re-election against Mayor Bill White of Houston (a recent poll shows Perry leading by 10 points). “I think people are pretty wise,” said Perry, when asked if his long tenure could hurt him or cast him [...]
Republican incumbent Rick Perry has opened a 50 percent to 36 percent lead over Democrat Bill White in the Texas governor’s race, putting a little further out of reach a prize Democrats thought they might be able to snatch in this conservative state, according to a poll by Public Strategies conducted Sept. 26-Oct. 2 for [...]
Republican Gov. Rick Perry leads Democratic challenger Bill White, the former mayor of Houston, by 46 percent to 39 percent with 5 percent for other candidates and 8 percent undecided, according to a Dallas Morning News poll conducted Sept. 15-22. (Poll, story). While on paper the race looks competitive, most voters appear to have their [...]
Texas Democrats have placed their hopes on former Houston Mayor Bill White to win the governor’s seat in this conservative state, but despite low approval ratings, Republican incumbent Rick Perry has opened the campaign season with a 6 point lead, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Sept. 2-6. Perry runs ahead of White [...]
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