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January 10, 2009
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First Shots in 2010 Race for GovernorWhile Gov. Rick Perry took a whirlwind tour of Iraq Tuesday to support 3,800 Texas troops deployed to the Mideast, his likely GOP nemesis in 2010, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, was circulating criticism that Perry's tenure has set a poor tone back at home.
 
Young Rep. Straus is Bringing Change - Sort of - to Austin
by Bud Kennedy
Texas Republicans, meet Joe the Speaker.
 
As the Texas House speaker-in-waiting, Alamo Heights Republican Joe Straus comes packing an old-school family political legacy that traces back to former Sen. John Tower, four Republican presidents and Straus family friends Barbara and George H.W. Bush.
 
The question is whether that's good enough for the "grassroots" Republicans in the Texas party.
 
Session Starting, Dewhurst Was Right
by Michael Quinn Sullivan
Have you checked the locks on your doors? The Legislature is about to convene...
 
The 81st Legislative Session kicks off on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Given the national economic situation, the Session will prove to be an interesting one as lawmakers struggle to keep Texas in the black - one of only six states without a budget deficit!
 
 
 
 
 
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Gary Bauer

In the days following his historic election, Barack Obama won high praise from the pundits for his cabinet choices and smooth transition efforts. But more recently, the president-elect has hit a few potholes on his road to the White House. There are growing suggestions in Washington that Bill Richardson's abrupt withdrawal was the result of poor vetting, or no vetting at all, by the Obama team. And even though the new 111th Congress, sworn into today, will feature a vastly greater Democrat majority to assist the new Democrat president, there are signs of straining relations. 
 
 
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