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Dream Action Coalition and John Cornyn

Ryan Campbell | Posted 05.06.2013 | Latino Voices
Ryan Campbell

The DREAM Act may have been controversial before, but it is considered a safe bill on both sides of the aisle now: border security is where the controversy has migrated to after the DREAM Act has been so thoroughly accepted by the American public.

DNC Finance Chair: Texas Could Turn Blue

Posted 01.28.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Could Texas be turning into a blue state? Texas has the second-highest Hispanic population, and Henry Munoz, Democratic National Committee Finance ...

Tea Party-GOP Feud Could Spell Trouble For Rick Perry

USA Today | Catalina Carnia | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics

If Ted Cruz does score an upset over David Dewhurst in tomorrow's Senate Republican runoff in Texas, a new poll shows it could be viewed as a"deep rep...

Poor, Lesbian, Minority, Undocumented Hipster Votes Republican, Becomes Irony Champion Of The World

El Guapo | Posted 08.04.2012 | Comedy
El Guapo

During her acceptance speech, Eufemia pushed her lensless 3D glasses up her nose with her index finger and read from the notes that she kept in her Hello Kitty Trapper Keeper.

Republican Senate Battle Headed To Runoff

AP | Posted 05.30.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Rep...

Romney Clinches GOP Nomination

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 07.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a c...

Palin Tested After Rebellion Against Tea Party

Politico | Posted 05.29.2012 | Politics

Everyone has wondered who the Sarah Palin of 2012 would be. The answer is…Sarah Palin....

Matt Sledge

Texas Primary Race Heats Up With Mudslinging From Both Sides

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics

With a new TV ad, an independent anti-incumbent super PAC is lobbing allegations of corruption into the congressional primary race heating up in El Pa...

Once Again, Talk of Mitt Romney's "Inevitability" Seems Premature

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.23.2012 | Politics
Stewart J. Lawrence

For the umpteenth time and counting, pundits and politicians -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- are predicting Mitt Romney's "inevitability" as the...

Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.22.2012 | Politics

SAN ANTONIO — Presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn'...

For First Time in Half Century, California's "Late" Primary Could Decide GOP Race

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics
Stewart J. Lawrence

California has never mattered much in Republican presidential politics. But the Golden State seems destined to regain the political spotlight in 2012 because its June 5th primary is the last of the major delegate-rich contests in a GOP race that's beginning to look hopelessly deadlocked.

Latinos Divided Over Texas Redistricting Agreement

Posted 03.10.2012 | Latino Voices

The recent agreement reached between Democrats and Republicans over the Texas redistricting process broke an impasse that already caused postponing th...

Is Newt Gingrich the Mike Huckabee of 2012?

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.05.2012 | Politics
Stewart J. Lawrence

For all the attention now being given to the fiercely contested contest between Romney and Santorum in Ohio, Gingrich's expected win in Georgia could partially upstage them.

Candidates Study New Texas Political Maps

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON and PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 04.30.2012 | Politics

AUSTIN, Texas — Disheartened and angry over the latest Texas voting maps handed down by federal judges, Democrats and minority rights groups loo...

Texas Primary Thrown Into Chaos

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics

SAN ANTONIO — The Texas primary, which once loomed as the biggest prize of next month's Super Tuesday and a possible kingmaker in the Republican...

Sarah Palin as Margaret Thatcher? So Be It.

Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Barrett Brown

Palin backers have gone so far as to compare their favorite to Lady Margaret Thatcher. And so I will do likewise. In fact, I'm going to one-up all the Palinistas by pretending that Palin actually is Margaret Thatcher.

'Impeach Obama' Candidate Wins DEMOCRATIC Primary

Dave Weigel | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

There's mostly gallows humor to be had in the campaign of Kesha Rogers, a member of the amazingly resilient Lyndon LaRouche cult who snuck past two ma...

WWCD: What Would Clinton Do?

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Nancy L. Cohen

Democrats learned that calling out the extremists on the Right is electoral gold. But this year they can't rely solely on reasonable Republicans and Independents staying home in disgust.

Could Social Media Have Predicted Texas Primary Outcome?

Lauren DeLisa Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Lauren DeLisa Coleman

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.

Rick Perry: How He Surged Ahead Of Kay Bailey Hutchison In Texas

Time | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Washington has always been bad in the eyes of Texas, but more so nowadays than ever. And so the Lone Star State's governor, Rick Perry, wrapped up his...

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

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

The Message of Linda Chavez-Thompson in Texas

Amy B. Dean | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Amy B. Dean

Texas is ready to hear the message of Linda Chavez-Thompson, candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Bill Clinton's Mistress: The Story That Never Was

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Mayhill Fowler

I can't wait to read Game Change, Mark Halperin's and John Heilemann's salacious new book about the 2008 presidential race, because they apparently rush in where I feared to tread when I was there.

How a Democratic Candidate for Texas Governor Relates to the Town Hall Mobs

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rachel Farris

Ambassador Tom Schieffer, you wannabe-Democratic-nominee-for-Governor of Texas, hoping to skim past the primary, you have friends who are "no tells-ies" of your own.

This Campaign Pulls Volunteer Into Politics

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jonah Lalas

It is early morning on August 28th at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. While thousands of delegates and enthusiastic supporters were rec...