As we all know, Commentary has been the driving force on getting Dems to finally look at and debate our failed Latino voter engagement strategy. Getting it right on the Latino vote is our biggest challenge so an acknowledgement of where we need to go is a first major step. The GOP has been following [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Rewriting Commentary
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston Elections, Houston Latino Voter Turnout, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Roll the Dice
Posted in Campos Communications, Harris County Commisioners Court, Houston Astros, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You got to hand it to indicted GOP Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole for ignoring his lawyer and asking for and getting a separate and speedy trial. He’s telling the Feds to bring it on. He’s ready to go to trial next month. It is a ballsy move if you ask me. Check out the [...]
Too Many People!
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Council Elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Latino Voter Turnout, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Redistricting in Texas, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Too Many People Pulled And Pushed Around, Too Many Waiting For That Lucky Break.” Commentary got emailed from an old pal the other day. She’s on the board of a health care related non-profit. They operate a number of community based clinics throughout the state dealing with a particular serious ailment. She told me that [...]
Oh No! Osteen!
Posted in Campos Communications, Councilmember James Rodriguez, Houston Astros, Houston City Council Elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, President Obama, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics, The Tea Party on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like Lakewood’s Joel Osteen ought to think about what comes out of his piehole these days. On CNN tonight he tells Piers Morgan a few things about how he feels about GLBT folks…tsk, tsk, tsk. You can check it out here if you don’t want to wait until tonight. The H-Town GLBT came [...]
“Beaner”
Posted in Campos Communications, Houston Astros, Houston City Council Elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Fire Department discrimination, Houston Politics, Illegal Immigration, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics, U.S. Immigration Policy on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago MariGirl and I were having a conversation about derogatory terms used against folks of the Latino persuasion. One of the words I mentioned was “beaner” which I haven’t heard in a long, long time. Years ago some ‘neck called me a “beaner” while we were playing a flag football game and [...]
The City Elections
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Council Elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, National Politics, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Next week candidates that intend to run in this year’s H-Town elections will start fundraising. CM Melissa Noriega has already scheduled a fundraiser. The Mayor, Controller, and eleven members of City Council are all expected to seek reelection and I suspect they will all be aggressive in their fundraising. The open seats are At-Large, Position [...]
Here Come the Voter IDs
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, President Obama, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t understand the need to put Voter IDs on the fast track but what the heck. Like The Dean says, we all knew it was coming. We knew back on November 3 that it would happen. I guess let’s just get it over with and take our medicine. Let the GOP go on ahead [...]
The Squealing GOP Piglets
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The truth squeals, err hurts, doesn’t it? Even though it is not a funny situation, Commentary did have to laugh yesterday afternoon after reading about some of the Lone Star State GOP Texas House piglets, err members squealing about the possible closing of community colleges in their legislative districts. They reminded me of Ned Beatty [...]
Stumbled, and Bumbled, and Fumbled Out of the Gate
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, National Politics, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics, Texas Senate Campaign 2012 on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you are going to accept the front runner status label for the 2012 GOP U.S. Senate race, you can’t afford to screw up right off of the bat because your opponents will see this as a weakness and your Achilles Heel. That’s what happened to The Lite Guv yesterday during his speech after taking [...]
Show Me The Sanctuary Cities!
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Hall, Houston Fire Department discrimination, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Annise Parker, National Politics, Texas Democratic Party, Texas GOP, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on January 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It is Day 7 of the legislative session and Guv Dude still hasn’t named a sanctuary city even though doing away with so-called sanctuary cities is now a legislative emergency. Maybe Dude will drop a name or two during his inaugural address today – probably not. Like I said last week, Dude’s sanctuary cities issue [...]
