Texas GOP Vote

Well it's official, last night Governor Mitt Romney accepted his party's nomination to be the 45th President of the United States. The last night of the convention was all about his vision for America and how the policies he would advance differ from the failed policies of President Obama, which have resulted in forty-two months of unemployment above 8%!   Read more »

RPT - Join with thousands of other Texans tonight at 6:15pm CST for a LIVE Convention update from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida! This exciting and unique opportunity to become part of the Republican National Convention is brought to you in partnership with Google and YouTube.   Read more »

Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan was clearly the big draw at tonight's convention. Congressman Ryan hit hard for the future of this country by clearly laying out how he and Mitt Romney would tackle the tough issues that are bankrupting our country. In doing so, Paul Ryan utilized both his young family and his mother to hit home that his reforms would bring "opportunity for the young and security for the old."

This summer, the Republican Party of Texas took a bold step forward on the issues of border security and immigration reform by adopting "The Texas Solution." The national Republican Party has now followed suit by adopting a guest worker program into its national platform. This has not gone un-noticed by the national media.    Read more »

Amazing! Sitting in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, I witnessed magic. Chris Christie set the conservative world on fire, for one simple reason; he was able to express our passion to independents coming across live and on the television screen as simply having sincere compassion for our country's current fiscal health versus the media's favorite spin of conservatives being angry, frustrated or upset because our current president is black.   Read more »

“Good evening. I have the honor of standing before you this evening for one reason, because thousands upon thousands of grassroots activists

Witnesses say that Teleprompter scrolled "the ayes have it" even before the voice vote was taken. Also, video of the rule change vote at the Republican National Convention shows that the vote seemed to be a toss up with no clear winner and yet the ayes were immediately declared winners. This declaration was drowned out by loud booing. Also, before John Boehner called for the vote, he asked if there were any objections and there were clearly people who objected and yet John Boehner said there were none.   Read more »

Tuesday was an incredible day for Texas Republicans attending the party’s national convention in Tampa, Florida. Texas’ newly elected U.S. Senate Candidate Ted Cruz delivered a spectacular keynote speech--without using a teleprompter or a podium! Texas delegates rose to our feet and completed his sentence about our iconic heritage telling the Mexican general at the Battle of Gonzales who demanded return

Tuesday night featured many prominent conservative women and minorities, counteracting the liberal message of division. While the Democrat Party loves to set us against each other, the Republican Party focused on a theme of "We Built It". We as Americans, regardless of race or gender, have worked hard to build a better America. The RNC's opening illustrated how any one of us can succeed through hard work

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I want to talk to you tonight not about politics and not about party. And while there are many important issues we'll hear discussed in this convention and throughout this campaign, tonight I want to talk to you from my heart about our hearts.

I want to talk not about what divides us, but what holds us together as an American family. I want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us, that one thing that brings us our greatest joy when times are good, and the deepest solace in our dark hours.   Read more »