Texas Speaker – Will Warren Chisum Do the Right Thing, Step Aside and Endorse Ken Paxton?

By: hogan (Diary)  |  December 20th at 10:32 AM  | 

Anyone following the race for Texas Speaker knows that it is possible (and critical) to knock off liberal Republican Joe Straus, but that to do so requires unifying behind a single conservative alternative. Anyone, that is, except for State Rep. Warren Chisum. Or does he? As quick background – Warren Chisum is a Democrat-turned-Republican who has been in the Texas House since 1989, representing a | Read More »

Will House Republicans Grow a Pair And Oppose The Tax “Deal?”

By: hogan (Diary)  |  December 16th at 01:33 PM  | 

In the wake of yesterday’s indefensible 81-19 vote in the Senate to spend hundreds of billions of dollars that we do not have in exchange for temporary tax rate extensions we could have achieved anyway or the lapsing of which could have been plopped in the lap of the President, we are left hoping that Republicans in the House of Representatives will stand up and | Read More »

The Pledge to Nowhere

By: hogan (Diary)  |  September 23rd at 09:30 AM  | 

I want Republicans to win. But not just for the sake of it. It is not enough simply to get power. Republicans must demonstrate that they actually understand why they were sent home in 2006 and 2008, and that they are 100% committed to changing the direction of Washington now that America seems poised to give them another chance. Fail to do that and the | Read More »

Our Friend Paula Nowakowski

By: hogan (Diary)  |  January 11th at 08:47 AM  | 

We in the conservative movement are not shy to criticize members of Republican leadership – and by implication (or occasionally, directly) their staff. But those of us who have worked on Capitol Hill know precisely how hard it is to find good staff, how hard those good staff members work, and how important they can be – not just to the members – but to | Read More »