The Establishment’s Near Sexual Advances on Ted Cruz Are About to Begin
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | August 1st at 04:47 AM |
“[T]he Perry-Dewhurst shared campaign team spent $50 million in the past year to ruin the reputations of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz. That’s just sad.” It turned into an atrociously nasty runoff. The same crew who failed Governor Rick Perry’s Presidential bid has now also sunk David Dewhurst’s bid for the Senate and spent tens of millions of dollars in the process. Along the way | Read More »
Under the Radar: Erin DeLullo
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 31st at 11:33 PM |
The first time I met Ken Cuccinelli it was because of the persistence of a lady named Erin DeLullo. She would not leave me alone. She, a long time friend and wife of the Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis (he’d totally write about her if he hadn’t put a ring on her finger then got her pregnant. After marriage of course), found out I was headed | Read More »
An Election Day Conversation with Ted Cruz
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | July 31st at 10:28 AM |
Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Ted Cruz to discuss the latest attacks on him, the broad-based conservative support he’s received, and the critical importance of today’s election in Texas. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at | Read More »
Counting Chickens in Texas
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 31st at 04:46 AM |
Some friends in Texas are privately worried about Ted Cruz. The polls are very close. David Dewhurst has vastly outspent him. There is a huge turnout happening in random places in Texas — lots of people showing up in the runoff who do not normally vote in runoffs, let alone in Republican primaries. That could be a sign that people are really fired up for | Read More »
Conservative Grassroots Must Claim Texas Victory
By: Senator Jim DeMint (Diary) | July 27th at 11:17 AM |
Rumors of the Tea Party’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, as Mark Twain might say. Following massive victories across the country, which netted 63 House pickups and seven new Republican senators last cycle, this year alone, the Tea Party has won important primary contests with conservative candidates in Indiana and Nebraska. But the biggest prize is Texas. A state of 25 million people with 20 | Read More »
Dewhurst in B Minor
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 27th at 10:00 AM |
Our own Ben Howe put this together for the Ted Cruz campaign in Texas. It is must see TV. By the way, Ben won’t brag on himself, but he’s available for hire.
Is David Dewhurst a Conservative? Of Course Not.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 26th at 05:57 PM |
But don’t tell that to DC’s chattering class who would have you believe there isn’t any difference between Dewhurst and Ted Cruz. They claim this campaign is just about which kind of “conservative” we will get in Washington — a “veteran conservative legislator” (read: guy who make nice with leadership), or a new member of the “doesn’t-play-well-with-others” caucus. It is “nonsense,” according to George Will | Read More »
Live from FreePAC
By: Brad Jackson (Diary) | July 26th at 05:55 PM |
FreedomWorks is hosting FreePAC, their grassroots training seminar in Dallas, Texas today. Check out the live stream here: http://live.freedomworks.org/ Today’s agenda includes, how your grassroots efforts in Texas can help elect Ted Cruz and speeches from Matt Kibbe, Stephen Kruiser, Dick Armey, Glenn Beck and Ted Cruz. Also, join Coffee and Markets for a special Election Day show with Ted Cruz on Tuesday.
The Establishment Hates Ted Cruz, You and Me
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 18th at 04:30 PM |
The most difficult thing to explain to your average Republican voter is how people like David Dewhurst, Charlie Crist and all the establishment, ladder-climbing, butt-kissing, near permanent political staff flacks who grow up to be lobbyists they put around them literally hate you, me, and conservative fighters like Ted Cruz. And newsflash — it’s not just Washington, but in state capitols throughout America, just like | Read More »
Ted Cruz Outraises David Dewhurst. Dewhurst Reponds By Accusing Cruz of Supporting Pedophiles.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 17th at 04:46 AM |
“It’s akin to saying David Dewhurst is a kid toucher because kissed a baby on the campaign trail. ” I have always had a lot of respect for the guys who are running David Dewhurst’s campaign, but I’m starting to see now why Rick Perry had no chance of getting elected President. The same team running Dewhurst’s campaign ran Perry’s Presidential campaign and has stooped | Read More »
Stand Up With Ted Cruz
By: razshafer (Diary) | July 16th at 06:01 PM |
From the diaries. It’s decision time in Texas. The last hours of the contest to name the next United States Senator are running down and the choice for Texans couldn’t be more clear. Ted Cruz is our man. Erick wrote just the other day about the need for conservatives to open their wallets to help Ted win this battle against establishment moderate David Dewhurst. Polls | Read More »
New Poll Has Ted Cruz Up. Conservatives Need to Pony Up Fast. [UPDATED]
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 12th at 12:35 PM |
A brand new poll has Ted Cruz ahead of David Dewhurst. The poll was conducted by Fred Wenzel. He also got the Indiana and Nebraska primaries right. Here’s the problem. The primary is three weeks away. Dewhurst has millions of dollars in advantage over Cruz. Conservatives need to pony up. Club For Growth stepped up with a new ad you can see below. It is | Read More »
David Dewhurst’s Media Consultants Attack Ted Cruz and RedState *at* RedState
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 11th at 01:34 PM |
This is amazingly pathetic. David Dewhurst’s campaign gets his state government website altered to cover up his lying about his amnesty position. What happens? His media consultants invade RedState to accuse Ted Cruz of supporting Chicoms and attack RedState for supporting Cruz. In fact, this is not the first time Dewhurst’s media consultants have done this. Using the user name “Liberty Patriot,” Dewhurst’s consultants have | Read More »
David Dewhurst Campaign Alters Taxpayer Funded Website to Cover Up Past Support for Amnesty.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 11th at 11:39 AM |
Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst’s Senate campaign might have just crossed a line it should not have crossed. Who else would be behind the Lt. Governor’s taxpayer funded website for his Lieutenant Governor’s Office suddenly deleting the transcript of a speech proving David Dewhurst has been lying about his position on illegal aliens? The speech is . . . well . . . it is | Read More »
Newsflash – Texas State Senators “Decide” to Support Dewhurst over Cruz
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 9th at 05:29 PM |
For a guy who says he will go to Washington as a “conservative” and fight against the establishment, it sure is curious to see Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst lining up the Texas establishment to defend him in his race for U.S. Senate against the actual conservative, Ted Cruz. Dewhurst has the support of very few people outside of Austin. Think about it. His most | Read More »