You don’t have to hear it from me to know that things have gone south for the reasonable among us in the month or so since I left you. The last, despairing cries of my undergraduate career are echoing in the halls of the clean, ill-lighted place my days have become. By that, I in …
The Denton County Democratic Party hired me as their paid staffer. I’m not sure what my title is, but I’m pretty sure it’ll end up as “Party Administrator” or something along those lines. I am thick with volunteer coordination and office management. Its terribly exciting – I’m getting paid to work in politics. While it …
Not too long ago, Diana and I were idly listening to the news in the morning like we usually do, when something caught our attention – a story about a bill passing through the Texas state house concerning sexy cheerleading. Rep. Al Edwards, a man who is certainly doing his part to embarass the living …
Things could be going better. My success as a politico is unchallenged. I am 1-0, in that the student Senate campaign I helped mount for my pal Chris Braddock at Moorehead State resulted in my first victory as a consultant. It was a small race, but everyone has to start somewhere. Like all candidates, Chris …
I called Cornyn’s office in DC today about the nuclear option, and his staffers were nice enough. You would never think that in an adjacent room, the flesh of infants was being eaten. Okay, okay! I’m a professional journalist, so I shouldn’t imply that Cornyn dines on babies. My bad. He is no Tom DeLay, …
A friend of mine writes for a newspaper in north Texas, the Wise County Messenger. She asked me for my thoughts about Kinky Friedman’s announcement that he plans to run for Governor. My response follows. I’ve been thinking about this for a few days now. I’ve already called it for Kay Bailey Hutchison if she …
Here is a copy of the letter I sent to the UNT College Democrats mailing list. It hints at some salient points about the party I thought you guys might take interest in. It features some comparisons between the College Democrats and the YCT, or Young Conservatives of Texas. The YCT just recently staged “Capture …