2012 Elections
June 21st, 2012
While I have to agree that the state convention was a great success, it was not without incident. There were many winners and losers as Delegates campaigned for different positions in their Senate and Congressional...
June 20th, 2012
During the runup to the Texas Republican Primary last month, we all received tons of mail soliticing our votes. Some of these were campaign materials from candidates. Of those, some were postitive about the candidate and...
June 18th, 2012
Ted Cruz Rocks Texas GOP Convention! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfhmj6vS4BQ There certainly was a lot of excitement at the Texas State Convention in Fort Worth, not only among all the delegates but you could feel the...
June 15th, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba3eNRWMLc8&sns=fbGovernor Rick Perry addressed the Texas delegation on the first day of the convention Thursday, June 7. As usual his speech was motivational and geared to ‘Keep Texas...
June 14th, 2012
[Editor’s note: Mark Ramsey was a member of the State GOP Platform committee in 2010 and 2012, and was also elected to the State Republican Executive Committee from Senate District 7 (SREC SD7), Senator Dan Patrick’s...
June 13th, 2012
Sometimes a few crazy people can make an entire group look bad. Maybe that is what has happened with Ron Paul supporters. We see some crazy Ron Paul people on the news and we paint the entire group as being crazy. It is like...
June 12th, 2012
Monday I sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta again expressing concerns with the U.S. Government’s relationship with the Russian state-controlled arms export firm Rosoboronexport, who has for years been arming...
June 11th, 2012
We have two Delegates and two Alternate Delegates going to the National Republican Convention to represent Congressional District 21.Out of three Delegates and three Alternate Delegates elected by CD 21, Larry Nuckols has...
June 7th, 2012
Okay, I'll grant that big Republican wins in Wisconsin and San Jose, CA are milestones of second thought AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. But this article is charmingly optimistic. Leftism in human society is more hearty than...
June 5th, 2012
The recall fight, prompted by Walker's decision to deny Wisconsin union workers collective bargaining, is finally over. Scott Walker has been declared the winner over Democrat challenger and Mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett....
June 21st, 2012
At work on Monday morning, I received a call on my cell phone from Jessica with the Ted Cruz campaign, stumbling over “Mrs. Nuckols” and offering me the chance to be a “host” at their fundraiser next week.I guess someone...
June 18th, 2012
Liberty depends on each of us keeping our word, following the rule of law, and honoring contracts. When men and women will not honor their promises or keep their word, the law must enforce contracts. At least nominally, this...
June 16th, 2012
Last weekend, I joined many other proud Texas Republicans in traveling up to Fort Worth, Texas to take part in the largest political convention in the country.While there were many highlights to this convention, such as...
June 15th, 2012
Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus had to play some dirty tricks at the State Convention in order to keep from being humiliated by the silent walkout that was planned against him. He wrongly used fellow State Reps as...
June 13th, 2012
The Republican Party of Texas made, what many are calling, an historic step forward in the debate to solve our nation's broken immigration system last Friday night when it adopted "The Texas Solution" as a new plank...
June 12th, 2012
I’m working on a couple of blog posts concerning the controversies that occurred at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas held in Fort Worth last week, but thought I’d report on the oddest event of the week, which happened...
June 11th, 2012
‘Taking Back our Country’ was the theme of our Texas State Convention and the delegates certainly indicated that that is exactly what we plan to do in November. The convention has come and gone and so much happened that my...
June 11th, 2012
The Preamble of the new 2012 State Republican Party Platform, just passed Saturday in Ft. Worth, is below. Powerful. Please read slowly for full impact.+++PREAMBLEWe STILL hold these truths to be self-evident,...
June 6th, 2012
With the Texas Primary Election day behind us, candidates who have not yet secured their nomination are now gearing up for the July 31st Run-off elections. One very important run-off race is between Justice David Medina and...
June 5th, 2012
Contrary to what many seem to believe, the Founding Fathers didn’t spring full grown from the Liberty Bell on July 4, 1776. They had served in their various Colonial legislatures for years before the Declaration and held...