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Huffman defeats Bell in Senate Dist. 17 runoff

The Republican's victory sets a new high for the number of women in the Texas legislative chamber.

Texas on the Potomac

Where are they now? Albert Hawkins

Sugar Land Republican Pete Olson takes office in Congress

The List: Cabinet picks who were withdrawn or defeated

Texas Politics

Craddick and Straus to switch offices

Houston Politics

On the agenda: very little?

Republicans reading this are not the problem

Remainders and rejoinders on eminent domain story

Third parties Over 1 million Texas voters cast at least one ballot for a Libertarian yesterday, and over 180,000 for at least two.

- JeffDaiell

Race in the race When I first heard the Hispanic poll numbers about two months ago I WAS SHOCKED.

- Tanksleyd

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CONSERVATIVES

Chris Darkins: Common Sense Corner

Ron Paul to Congress: 500 Milligrams of Ritalin and a Gastric Bypass

A Conversation With Congressman Ron Paul

Obama's Ideology And Economic Reality Are Diametrically Opposed

Ree-C Murphey: Chronically Right

I agree with someone on the Democratic Underground (DU)?

Follow Israel on Twitter

Eminent Domain: So powerful it should only be used in emergencies

Kathleen McKinley: TexasSparkle

Goodbye....For Now.

"Good people sleep peaceably in their bed at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf"

My Dilemma

Black Shards Chronicle

Kurdish Girls Suffer Sexual Abuse, Mutilation

Making an End to Political Succession

Warren Derangement Syndrome, Take 2

Information Pollination

I Am Domestic Goddess, Hear Me Roar

Conservatives And The Environment

Environmentalism Is A Luxury: My Latest Pajama's Media Article Excerpt

PROGRESSIVES

Anneliese Vogel: A delegate's view

Obama Won and the Sky Will Not Fall

Election Day and the First Poll Closed Before Most of Us Woke Up

Joe and Tito could have been brilliant.

Charles Kuffner: Kuff's World

Followup on the Libertarian effect in the House

Precinct analysis: North by northwest

Precinct analysis: The appeals courts

Bob Cavnar: Gimme Some Truth

Franken Declared the Winner in Minnesota

What About the Richardson Withdrawal?

Bush by the Numbers - A Record to be Ashamed of...Not That He Cares

Craig Yates: Something Different

TARP Oversight and the $235,000 Bathroom

Memo To Democrats: No Guts, No Glory

Another "Oops" From Fox News

Neil Aquino: Texas Liberal

Senator Cornyn Silent On Hard Times For Texans, But Vocal On Al Franken

Evil And "Depravity" As An Active Presence In Life

Houston Neighborhoods Should Relocate To Suit Strip Club Locations

The Revelator

Houston's Red Light Dilemma

Secret Stimulus

The Russians Are Coming!

MODERATES

J Kugler: A World With No Boundaries

Obama's picks for the Intel Community

An alternative to the "two-state" solution

I will not fly AirTran

Start your own blog

Hutchison, Perry sounding like rivals for governor in '10 — While Gov. Rick Perry took a whirlwind tour of Iraq Tuesday to support 3,800 Texas troops, his likely GOP nemesis in 2010, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, was circulating criticism that his tenure has set a poor tone back at home.

Obama warns of huge deficits, rips Bush

Family shares in U.S. Rep. Olsen's first day on the job

Ex-Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush won’t run for Senate in 2010

Coleman sues over Franken Minn. Senate victory

Schwarzenegger rejects latest Calif. budget proposal

5 challenge RNC chair to lead GOP back from defeat

Obama asks CNN’s Gupta to be surgeon general

Burris blocked from taking over Obama's Senate seat

Trans-Texas Corridor plans dropped after public outcry

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