Debra Medina

Rick Perry's Glenn Beck Problem

Will Bunch | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Clear Channel Communications, Debra Medina, President Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel, Rick Perry, Texas, Republican Party, Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, Politics News

As Perry surges to the head of the GOP pack, it's important to see how the governor's ideas and his rhetoric were radicalized in tandem with Beck's.

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Ron Paul and the Tea Parties: States' Rights and the 17th Amendment

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seventeenth Amendment, Cpac, Debra Medina, Campaign for Liberty, Ron Paul, Tea Parties, Politics News

A year ago, Ron Paul (R-Texas) lectured on what it took to be a true conservative. If you don't like parts of the constitution -- just amend it: "I would like to remove two of them. The 16th and 17th" amendments, Paul said.

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Could Social Media Have Predicted Texas Primary Outcome?

Lauren DeLisa Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas Primary, Politics, Social Media, Debra Medina, Polling, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Voters, Texas Governor Rick Perry, David Paterson, Media News

It seems that by looking at "user engagement signals" from number of re-tweets on Twitter to views and embeds on YouTube and much, one can begin to gauge societal sentiment in a surprisingly accurate manner.

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Rick Perry Wins GOP Primary In Texas Governor's Race

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison conceded the Republican nomination for Texas governor to Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday following a heated...

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Texas Primary: Voters Go To The Polls In Closely Contested Gubernatorial Primary

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Gop, Texas Primary, Texas Governor, Texas Governor Race, Teas Governor Primary, Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina, Politics News

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison conceded the Republican nomination for Texas governor to Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday following a heated...

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Conservative Politicians Challenged From The Right

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Parties, Chris Matthews, Ronald Reagan, Debra Medina, Conservative, Gary Miller, Texas, Rick Perry, California, Phil Liberatore, Politics News

Ronald Reagan who defined the term conservative for a generation was occasionally accused of not being conservative enough and liked to joke that some...

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Why Won't They Use the "M-Word" About Joe Stack?

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Joe Stack Plane Crash, Debra Medina, Terrorism, World Trade Center, Vernon Hunter; Austin, September 11th, Steve King, Politics News

To see Joe Stack as something more than a two-bit killer is the greatest case of adding insult to injury that I have ever seen.

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Glenn Beck Accuses Tea Party Candidate Of Being A 9/11 Truther (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debra Medina Truther, Medina Truther, Texas Politics, Glenn-Beck, Debra Medina Glenn Beck, Beck Medina Interview, Texas Governor Race, Debra Medina, Tea-Party, Beck, Gop, Medina, Glenn Beck, 9/11 Truthers, Texas Gubernatorial Race, Video, Politics News

Texas gubernatorial candidate and Tea Party activist Debra Medina has been creating quite a stir in Texas politics lately. Recent polls showed that sh...

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Texas Secessionist Pulls Out Of Race For Governor

Miami Herald | Dave Montgomery | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Kilgore, Texas, Gop, Debra Medina, Secessionist, Texas Republicans, Gov Rick Perry, Texas Governor, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republicans, Politics News

The Republican primary battle for governor shrank Tuesday with the exit of secessionist candidate Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, while wealthy Houston bu...

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U.S. Senator Hutchison and Governor Perry Lose Televised Debate to Texas Tea Partier

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C-Span, Texas, Rick Perry, Debra Medina, Bill White, Republican Party, Pbs, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Gop, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, Politics News

One of the nation's more closely watched races in 2010, the March Republican primary for Governor of Texas, pits a sitting U.S. senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison, against a sitting governor, Rick Perry.

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Tea Partier Takes Texas Governor's Race By Storm

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, James Baker, Gop, Karl Rove, Tea Party, Debra Medina, George W. Bush, Secession, Texas, Rick Perry, Karen Hughes, Prop 13, Republican Party, Kay Bailey Hutchison, California, Politics News

Two weeks ago, I wrote that the top Republican candidates for governor of Texas actually lost their nationally televised C-SPAN2 primary debate to a t...

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