Issues

The war of words that has become the GOP battle for Governor in 2010 has created some interesting arguments.

Despite some commentators and bloggers saying that the race for Governor is decided, in fact it’s not, it’s just beginning.

Last week, there was a bit of hubbub about an alleged promise by Governor Rick Perry to not run in 2010 as payback for Senator Kay Hutchison not challenging him in 2006.

With the news this week that metro-Houston’s unemployment jumped to 8% (7.5% statewide), it seems the economic slowdown has reached Texas.

How to steal an election? The fiction of a free election in Iran has been burst when the results were announced prior to the counting being completed.

It’s hard to believe but the Texas Gross Receipts (Margins) Tax on business proposed by a Republican, Governor Perry, and passed by a GOP dominated legislature in 2006 was further complicated in 2007.

It may seem like an eternity, but it’s only been 100 days that Obama has led the country. TCR takes this opportunity to review the first 100 days.

In politics, TCR has found over the years that some politicians are show horses and some are work horses.

The Texas Senate as an unusual committee of the whole passed a Voter ID bill on a party-line vote.

Let’s see, since Obama took office as President, the stock market is down around 30%, unemployment is up, the deficit is on its way to an incredible $3 trillion and pork barrel spending is out of sight.