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January12, 2008
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Around the State
 

Dancer's Name Could Trip Up Dems' Senate Hopes

This Gene Kelly is a retired Air Force officer from the San Antonio suburbs who has been running for public office on and off for the better part of two decades. He's never come close to winning.

 

Court Upholds State's Moment of Silence Law

Texas schoolchildren will continue to observe a daily minute of silence to pray or meditate after a federal court threw out a challenge to the state law as unconstitutional.

 

Rosenthal Steers Clear of GOP Ballot

The local Republican Party closed the books on its March 4 primary ballot for district attorney Friday without a boomerang move by disgraced incumbent Chuck Rosenthal or entries by multiple members of his prosecutor staff.

 

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Presidential Election
 

Snubbed by Fox, Paul Holds Own N.H. Forum

Shut out of a GOP presidential candidate forum sponsored by Fox News, Ron Paul staged his own televised town hall meeting today in which he fielded questions from undecided voters two days before the key primary election here.

 

Huckabee Takes Bush's Religious Candor a Step Further

In his overt use of religious language to win votes, Mike Huckabee owes much to George W. Bush, the faith-based president.

 

Tactics Change in High-Stakes N.H. Debates

Their critiques crackling with animosity, Republican presidential candidates took turns Saturday upbraiding one another -- and, much of the time, former New Hampshire front-runner Mitt Romney -- in a debate whose tension illustrated the grave stakes in Tuesday's primary for many of the men on the stage.

 

Romney Bests Rivals at Wyoming GOP Caucuses

Mitt Romney captured his first victory of the Republican presidential race on Saturday, prevailing in Wyoming caucuses for a much-needed boost to his candidacy.

 

Thompson Accuses Huckabee of Abandoning Republican Principles

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson accused rival Mike Huckabee of abandoning core party principles of fiscal conservativism and small government in a debate last night before a South Carolina audience.

 

Huckabee Sows Seeds to Steal Michigan from Romney

Until this week, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had not run a single ad in Michigan, and had no paid staffers in the state.

 

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National News
 

Texas, Other Southern States Could Gain Congressional Seats

Texas and other fast-growing Southern states could get nearly 10 new congressional seats after the 2010 census, largely at the expense of their neighbors to the north, judging from the latest government data. A handful of Western states such as Arizona also could grab new seats.

Commentaries
 

Craddick Isn't Going Anywhere

by Clay Robison

I might as well start off the New Year with a safe prediction: Regardless of how many Republican and Democratic legislators want to remove him as speaker, Tom Craddick will be re-elected in November to his umpteenth term in the West Texas district he has represented since 1969.

 

 

It's Time to Change the Presidential Nomination Process

by Bobby Eberle

Over the years, there have been attempts by some members of the Republican National Committee to change the process by which the GOP presidential nominee is determined. Years ago, there was talk of "smoke filled rooms" at the national convention in which deals would be hashed out to determine a nominee. As the years went on, the state primary/caucus elections become more powerful, and the nominee was determined long before the convention.

 

Human Events Endorses Fred Thompson

by Editors of Human Events

The 2008 presidential election is the most unusual and most important in many years. It's been more than five decades since such a race didn't feature an incumbent President or Vice President. Since World War II, America has not had a presidential election at a time when the stakes were higher. Conservatives have to win this election, and to do so, we have to identify a candidate around whom we all can rally.

 

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Bilingual Waste, Coastal Bailout, Enviro-Birdies
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Michael Quinn Sullivan
 

Spending other people's money too often means never having to stop being wasteful. From creating another faux-financial crisis in our schools to underwriting risky behavior, the new year brings new reminders of the need for vigilant stewards of the taxpayers' money.

 
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