Issues

TCR thanks Christine DeLoma and William Lutz at The Lone Star Report (www.lonestarreport.org) for outlining the Texas Legislature key issues in their January 5, 2007 issue.

Knowledgeable observers of the political scene are wondering what happened to the GOP base?

TCR Comment: The Governor and Task Force members should be congratulated for taking the time to develop and plan to control runaway homeowner’s property appraisals.

Conservatives were disappointed last week when the GOP members of the House wasted an opportunity for a fresh start in 2007.

TCR believes all politics is local and a party is built from the ground up. So is the recent GOP sweep statewide in Texas just a mirage of GOP dominance?

There is a lot of frustration among grassroots conservatives as we come to the 2006 elections.

Governor Rick Perry and Comptroller Carole Strayhorn don’t agree on much these days. Going by a newly released budget plan from Perry however, it appears that these two gubernatorial rivals have found one area of common ground.

As we move within six weeks for the 2006 general elections in Texas, there is a growing angst among conservatives that the down ballot conservatives will be forgotten or overlooked with all the hype regarding the five-way governor’s race and Rick Perry’s declining numbers to well under 50%.

It’s election season again, and you may have seen that TCR’s last issue on Congressional District 22 generated widespread response.

While many conservatives are not happy with all President Bush has done, one thing is clear, he has laser-like focus and understanding about our war with Islamic fascist terrorists.