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Analysis: Rick Perry’s entry reshuffles the GOP presidential deck

Rick Perry’s entry into the 2012 presidential contest will shake up the GOP field and add a burst of excitement to a race dismissed by many insiders as lackluster. But there is no guarantee the...

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When will Texas hold its primaries? State Republicans are deeply divided

Political observers attribute the growing Republican chasm over differing political interests. “Perry, Dewhurst and the party all want to have the March 6 primary on its scheduled date. Assuming Perry...

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Perry out of race, but security bills still rising

From September through part of November alone, travel expenditures for the security detail surrounding Perry and his wife, Anita, were $798,031.42.

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Hutchison asked to be Republican face of Violence Against Women Act

Republican leaders have called on Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to create a Republican alternative to the Violence Against Women Act. But Hutchison's stances have not always won her favor from party leaders.

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In the Senate primary, Dewhurst refuses to meet the press

Editorial board meetings likely look to Perry and Dewhurst “like another ‘gotcha' opportunity they want to avoid,” said Democratic consultant Harold Cook. He also cited a “changing news world,” saying...

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Two Texas billionaires are nation’s top Super PAC donors

Harold Simmons of Dallas — owner of Contran Corp., a holding company — is the largest contributor nationwide to give to super PACs still active in the 2012 presidential election. House builder Bob...

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Analysis: Mitt Romney’s road to the White House is becoming more treacherous

The Republican nominee needs to capture at least eight of 12 swing states captured four years ago by Obama to have a chance in an Electoral College that favors Democrats because of the president’s...

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‘They have not destroyed Tom DeLay,’ convicted congressman declares

"I don't like living under this cloud. But I'm not angry about it. I even pray for the prosecution and my enemies," the former Houston-area congressman told The Associated Press in an interview. "No,...

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Ted Cruz’s silver linings playbook: Being compared to Joe McCarthy can be a...

There’s an ever-growing list of liberals comparing our freshman senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, to the late anti-Communist rabble-rouser Joe McCarthy. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews was the first to jump on the...

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Analysis: Steve Stockman shakes ‘em up in Washington … again

The Republican establishment awaited Steve Stockman’s return to Washington with some trepidation. After all, this is the guy who, in a single, memorable term in Congress from 1995 to 1997, made...

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