Will The People of Texas Fold or Fight For Conservatives?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 7th at 05:00 AM  | 

People of Texas, I put this post as the first post of the day at RedState and at the top of my Morning Briefing because I cannot emphasize just how important it is. The long term future of conservatism and federalism is in your hands today. You will either hurt us as a nation or help us as a nation. Yes, there is a monumental | Read More »

Republican Does Not Equal Conservative. Even in Texas.

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 17th at 05:00 AM  | 

It is nauseating to hear people tell me over the past 48 hours that Joe Straus, the Democrat backed Speaker of the Texas House, is a “conservative.” With redistricting at stake in a state the size of Texas, we need to come to terms with why Straus is not a conservative and should be defeated. Likewise, Republicans who vote for him will all need to | Read More »

Ken Paxton Should Be the Speaker of Texas’s House

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 15th at 01:37 PM  | 

It has always bothered me when conservatives win elections but “moderate” Republicans end up running the leadership. In case you haven’t noticed, it happens all the time – once behind closed doors, the leadership does not reflect the elected Members nor the people who elected them. It is time for that to change and one place to start is Texas. For those of you unfamiliar | Read More »