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The Hot List
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:14:34 -0400
As the campaigns enter these last weeks, we rate the chances of party changes in top congressional and statehouse races. We lifted this idea from the inventors of the federal terror watch, ranking districts by the threat each incumbent (or incumbent party, in the case of open seats) faces, and giving it a garish color. Yellow means there's trouble on the sidewalk. Orange is trouble on the front porch. Red is trouble walking in the door.
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Ads: John Cornyn
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:58:39 -0400
Republican John Cornyn has a new ad running statewide in his reelection bid for U.S. Senate. The subject: Energy.
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Ads: Rick Noriega
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:55:35 -0400
Democrat Rick Noriega has an ad playing off his opposition ? and his opponent's support ? for a Wall Street bailout.
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Absentee Voter
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:06:06 -0400
Ready for a little voter registration road trip?
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Higher Stakes
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:59:08 -0400
A political action committee funded largely by the racetrack and slot machine industries (that mostly placed safe bets during the 2006 election cycle) is upping the ante considerably this year.
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Money in Key Races
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:27:30 -0400
Charting the 30-day reports in top Texas contests
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New Lotto Number
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:46:32 -0400
Perry names Williamson
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Business Investments
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:45:56 -0400
Willie Sutton, asked why he robbed banks, uttered the famous line, "Because that's where the money is." Guess who donates to candidates for judicial office?
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Border(line) Radio
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:43:12 -0400
Attorney General Greg Abbott opines, officially, that a person with an amateur radio license is, for purposes of the state's open information laws, a radio station.
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Self-Administered Campaign Diagnostics
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:42:26 -0400
If you take a look at the memo that the Austin American-Statesman scrounged out of John Cornyn's U.S. Senate reelection campaign, you'll find the pollsters there think the presidential race in Texas has a 23-point spread.
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