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- The Texas example – Jay Ambrose, RealClearPolitics
- Obama administration to approve Texas photo ID bill? – Tristan Hallman, Dallas Morning News
It’s behind the paywall (so no need to click for most people outside of Dallas), but apparently the Obama administration is considering approving the voter ID bill because they know it’s a fight they can’t win in the courts and don’t want to set a precedent that will thwart Democrats’ political arguments in the future. That’s apparently the only thing that gets Obama to set aside his war on Texas. - Some Texas lawmakers say light bulb bill is bright idea – Anna Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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- Texas GOP to hold another presidential straw poll? – Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Busy week will keep Perry on national stage – Richard Dunham, Houston Chronicle
- Perry Watch: Governor's support for 'sanctuary cities' bill holds political risks – Jeanna Smialek, Texas on the Potomac
Not really. - History, as Perry sees it – Patricia Kilday Hart, Houston Chronicle
We get that this is mostly about the noisy terrier nipping at the disliked governor’s heels, but is the BIG topic of religion and the Founding really the best use of Patricia Kilday Hart’s tiny bit of column space? More news and less of this would be a better idea. - Democrats put their faith forward, too, in a different way from Perry – Peggy Fikac, San Antonio Express-News
We would be embarrassed to attach our names to something like this and call it objective news. - In defense of the higher-ed status quo (part 3,623) – Professor Joseph Daniel Ura, Texas Tribune
- A Lightning Rod on U.T. Board, Regent Is Not Deterred – Reeve Hamilton, NY Times/Texas Tribune
It was an early hint of the changes afoot at the U.T. board and the tense months — some of the most tumultuous in institutional memory, with the regents seemingly pitted against the flagship university in a highly public spat — that lay ahead. Of that new crop of board members, none have received more scrutiny than Alex Cranberg.
More than a few defenders of the higher ed status quo act like they believe governing boards shouldn’t be all that involved in…. governing higher ed. Serious question: Why do so many people who would probably abhor the notion of an absentee corporate board of directors somehow think an absentee academic board of directors is preferable when it comes to overseeing absentminded professors?
- Bills target HOA power – Mike Morris, San Antonio Express-News
- Sunday Senate Race Roundup – Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm
Among other things, the video for the Q&A part of the recent TribLive Senate Forum. - Some thoughts on congressional redistricting map – Ed Hubbard, BigJollyPolitics
It is distressing that everyone is always in favor of any map…just as long as it gives them exactly the congressman they want.