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W. Bush</a>. Rove followed Bush to Washington, D.C., and served in the White House as the president's top political advisor — his actual titles were deputy chief of staff and senior advisor — from 2001 to 2007.<br/> <br/> He ...</p></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/27/brief/">The Brief: Democrats Turn Up the Contrast in Bid for Women</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:59:00 -0500" title="2014-06-27 05:59"> June 27, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/27/brief/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/DavisStopCMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, completes her filibuster at midnight of SB1811 on May 29, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/DavisStopCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, completes her filibuster at midnight of SB1811 on May 29, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, completes her filibuster at midnight of SB1811 on May 29, 2011.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In positioning themselves as the party of contrast to the Republicans who hold the levers of power in Texas, Democrats are making a conscious bid to appeal to women voters as they kick off their state convention this weekend.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/27/brief/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/04/09/brief/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/UP9A9963_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott speaks to media about his education proposals at IDEA Carver Academy in San Antonio, Texas on April 2nd, 2014"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/UP9A9963_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott speaks to media about his education proposals at IDEA Carver Academy in San Antonio, Texas on April 2nd, 2014" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott speaks to media about his education proposals at IDEA Carver Academy in San Antonio, Texas on April 2nd, 2014</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/04/09/brief/">The Brief: Abbott, Testing and 4-Year-Olds</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 9 Apr 2014 05:59:00 -0500" title="2014-04-09 05:59"> April 9, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> campaign wants to make clear it is not calling for testing of 4-year-olds.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/04/09/brief/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/19/rove-connections-turn-political-ammunition/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/18/Rove_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="GOP strategist and political consultant Karl Rove."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/18/Rove_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="GOP strategist and political consultant Karl Rove." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">GOP strategist and political consultant Karl Rove.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/19/rove-connections-turn-political-ammunition/">Rove Connections Turn Into Political Ammunition</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:00:00 -0600" title="2014-02-19 06:00"> Feb. 19, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/19/rove-connections-turn-political-ammunition/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Fox News pundit and famed political consultant Karl Rove has become fodder for both Democrats and Republicans in this year's elections. Once considered among the most powerful people in Texas Republican politics, Rove is being used by some GOP candidates to challenge Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/john-cornyn/">John Cornyn</a>'s conservative credentials.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/02/19/rove-connections-turn-political-ammunition/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/27/brief-texas-political-news-nov-27-2013/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/scotus_chamber_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/scotus_chamber_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: Supreme Court of the United States</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/27/brief-texas-political-news-nov-27-2013/">The Brief: Texas Political News for Nov. 27, 2013</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0600" title="2013-11-27 06:00"> Nov. 27, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/27/brief-texas-political-news-nov-27-2013/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The Obama administration said on Tuesday it is taking action to curtail the growing influence of "dark money" in U.S. politics.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/27/brief-texas-political-news-nov-27-2013/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/26/evening-brief-texas-headlines-nov-26-2013/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/13/Tarrant_TeaParty_09_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaking before a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford TX. Abbott is seeking to become the next governor of Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/13/Tarrant_TeaParty_09_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaking before a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford TX. Abbott is seeking to become the next governor of Texas." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Mark Graham</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaking before a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford TX. Abbott is seeking to become the next governor of Texas.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/26/evening-brief-texas-headlines-nov-26-2013/">The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Nov. 26, 2013</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:01:34 -0600" title="2013-11-26 16:01"> Nov. 26, 2013 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Your evening reading: gun advocates find hope in Abbott's open-carry proposal; O'Rourke stock purchase might have broken new restrictions; IRS issues new guidelines to squeeze dark-money groups</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/26/evening-brief-texas-headlines-nov-26-2013/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/15/brief-texas-political-news-nov-15-2013/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/05/08/ObamaPerry_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/05/08/ObamaPerry_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Gage Skidmore / Talk Radio News Service</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/15/brief-texas-political-news-nov-15-2013/">The Brief: Texas Political News for Nov. 15, 2013</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0600" title="2013-11-15 06:00"> Nov. 15, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/15/brief-texas-political-news-nov-15-2013/comments/"><span class="value">52</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>President Obama's apology for the latest glitch in the rollout of his signature legislative achievement is failing to convert skeptics in the Lone Star State.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/15/brief-texas-political-news-nov-15-2013/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/13/brief-texas-political-news-aug-13-2013/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Stethoscope_on_Texas_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Stethoscope_on_Texas_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/13/brief-texas-political-news-aug-13-2013/">The Brief: Texas Political News for Aug. 13, 2013</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:07:22 -0500" title="2013-08-13 07:07"> Aug. 13, 2013 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/13/brief-texas-political-news-aug-13-2013/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>With two Texans playing key roles, infighting within the Republican party on how to defeat Obamacare continues. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/13/brief-texas-political-news-aug-13-2013/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2012/01/06/rick-perry-quitting-no-option/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryStrikers274CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Rick Perry at a rally on the morning of the Jan. 3, 2012, Iowa caucuses."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryStrikers274CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Rick Perry at a rally on the morning of the Jan. 3, 2012, Iowa caucuses." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Rick Perry at a rally on the morning of the Jan. 3, 2012, Iowa caucuses.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2012/01/06/rick-perry-quitting-no-option/">For Perry, Quitting is Not an Option</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600" title="2012-01-06 05:00"> Jan. 6, 2012 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2012/01/06/rick-perry-quitting-no-option/comments/"><span class="value">36</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p class="body">After an awful fifth-place showing in Iowa and top aides telling him he should consider pulling out of the presidential race, the specter of a first <del cite="mailto:Agostino,%20Jill" datetime="2012-01-05T16:09"></del>defeat has come into focus for Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry">Rick Perry</a>. Here's the problem: He does not really know how to lose.<del cite="mailto:Agostino,%20Jill" datetime="2012-01-05T16:09"></del><ins cite="mailto:Agostino,%20Jill" datetime="2012-01-05T16:09"></ins></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2012/01/06/rick-perry-quitting-no-option/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/31/video-sunday-pundits-mention-rick-perry-barely/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Perry5CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Rick Perry stops for an impromptu press conference in the hallway behind the Senate chamber on July 19, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Perry5CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Rick Perry stops for an impromptu press conference in the hallway behind the Senate chamber on July 19, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Rick Perry stops for an impromptu press conference in the hallway behind the Senate chamber on July 19, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/31/video-sunday-pundits-mention-rick-perry-barely/">Video: Sunday Pundits Mention Rick Perry... Barely </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Thanh Tan </li><li><time datetime="Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:43:19 -0500" title="2011-07-31 17:43"> July 31, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/31/video-sunday-pundits-mention-rick-perry-barely/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The Sunday shows focused this week on the last-minute politics surrounding the effort to raise the federal debt ceiling. However, a few pundits managed to fit potential presidential nominee Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> into the discussion. Just barely.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/31/video-sunday-pundits-mention-rick-perry-barely/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/29/second-chance-gop-aides/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmerich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/29/second-chance-gop-aides/">With Perry, a Second Chance for GOP Aides to Go to D.C.?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-07-29 05:00"> July 29, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/29/second-chance-gop-aides/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>It’s not exactly a <em>Left Behind</em> story, but there were a fair number of conservative policy wonks and political operators in Texas who didn’t catch the train to Washington in 2000. Now, as Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> dances closer and closer to the presidential flame, those Texas Republicans might get another chance.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/07/29/second-chance-gop-aides/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/27/weaver-has-a-candidate-but-its-not-rick-perry/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryCUCMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Governor Rick Perry talks about the Texas economy while speaking in front of a Boeing 787 airplane during the ceremonial bill signing of HB3727 in San Antonio on June 23, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryCUCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Governor Rick Perry talks about the Texas economy while speaking in front of a Boeing 787 airplane during the ceremonial bill signing of HB3727 in San Antonio on June 23, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Governor Rick Perry talks about the Texas economy while speaking in front of a Boeing 787 airplane during the ceremonial bill signing of HB3727 in San Antonio on June 23, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/27/weaver-has-a-candidate-but-its-not-rick-perry/">Weaver has a Candidate, but It's Not Rick Perry</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-06-27 05:00"> June 27, 2011 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/27/weaver-has-a-candidate-but-its-not-rick-perry/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>John Weaver, a Texan and one of a class of political consultants who rose through Texas politics to national campaigns, is working for an anti-Washington presidential candidate who is touting his success as a governor in cutting state spending, reforming taxes and making his state a magnet for business. But it’s not <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a>, a fellow Aggie. It’s Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/06/27/weaver-has-a-candidate-but-its-not-rick-perry/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmerich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/">Bush, Perry Tension Renewed as Governor's Star Rises</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Elise Hu </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-11-19 05:00"> Nov. 19, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>To the list of things that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/" target="_blank">Rick Perry</a> shows contempt for — Barack Obama’s leadership abilities, excessive federal regulation, coyotes that interrupt his morning jog — add this surprising one: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/george-w-bush/" target="_blank">George W. Bush</a>’s ideological disposition. The governor seems to go out of his way to criticize his predecessor as insufficiently conservative. Bush, for his part, makes no mention of Perry in his memoir. "There's certainly no love lost between these two men," says UT presidential scholar Bruce Buchanan.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/12/ethical-lapses-become-focus-in-court-campaign/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/greenlehrmann-ms_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Rick Green and Judge Debra Lehrmann at a Young Republicans debate in San Antonio."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/greenlehrmann-ms_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Rick Green and Judge Debra Lehrmann at a Young Republicans debate in San Antonio." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Morgan Smith</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Rick Green and Judge Debra Lehrmann at a Young Republicans debate in San Antonio.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/12/ethical-lapses-become-focus-in-court-campaign/">Can the Democrats Win a Supreme Court Race?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:00:00 -0500" title="2010-04-12 05:00"> April 12, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/12/ethical-lapses-become-focus-in-court-campaign/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>If <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-green/">Rick Green</a> wins his runoff against <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/debra-lehrmann/">Debra Lehrmann</a> on Tuesday, Democrats will be licking their chops — but do they really have a shot of occupying their first Texas Supreme Court seat in more than 10 years?</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/12/ethical-lapses-become-focus-in-court-campaign/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/05/karl-rove-appears-in-census-promotional-spot/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Census701C_BD_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Census701C_BD_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/05/karl-rove-appears-in-census-promotional-spot/">Karl Rove Appears in Census Promotional Spot</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Elise Hu </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:40:39 -0500" title="2010-04-05 12:40"> April 5, 2010 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Check out Census 2010's latest pitchman, Karl Rove. The man known as Bush's Brain draws on his appreciation for James Madison to sell the Census to those who haven't mailed in their forms yet.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/04/05/karl-rove-appears-in-census-promotional-spot/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/10/bamboozled-by-the-establishment/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/10/bamboozled-by-the-establishment/">Bamboozled by the Establishment</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Tom Pauken </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-03-10 05:00"> March 10, 2010 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The big-government crowd in Washington and elsewhere are bankrupting our country. And Republicans are just as culpable as Democrats in treating our taxpayer dollars as “other people’s money” to be spent as they and the special interests decide.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/10/bamboozled-by-the-establishment/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/09/big-government-conservatism/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/09/big-government-conservatism/">"Big Government Conservatism"</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Tom Pauken </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-03-09 05:00"> March 9, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/09/big-government-conservatism/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Sound economic policy was sacrificed on the altar of short-term political gain in the George W. Bush administration. This buying of political support with taxpayers’ money brings to mind the words of Alexis de Tocqueville in <em>Democracy in America</em>: “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/09/big-government-conservatism/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-8-2010/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100302-20100302-DSC_3109-Edit_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100302-20100302-DSC_3109-Edit_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Caleb Bryant Miller</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-8-2010/">The Brief: Top Texas News for Mar 8, 2010</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Abby Rapoport </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:01:56 -0600" title="2010-03-08 07:01"> March 8, 2010 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Counting, apparently, is not quite as easy as it seemed in school. With the primaries over, cities and counties are turning their attention to the upcoming U.S. Census.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-8-2010/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/pauken-george-w-bush-was-no-ronald-reagan/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/tom_pauken_2_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/pauken-george-w-bush-was-no-ronald-reagan/">Pauken: George W. Bush Was No Ronald Reagan</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Tom Pauken </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 8 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-03-08 05:00"> March 8, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/pauken-george-w-bush-was-no-ronald-reagan/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>When the George W. Bush administration turned out to be a failure, “conservatism” got the blame — even though Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney (like so many others who served alongside them) had been part of the anti-Reagan wing of the Republican Party.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/08/pauken-george-w-bush-was-no-ronald-reagan/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/05/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-5-2010/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/120809_rickperry001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/120809_rickperry001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/05/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-5-2010/">The Brief: Top Texas News for Mar 5, 2010</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:10:55 -0600" title="2010-03-05 07:10"> March 5, 2010 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Pundits and political observers may finally get what they’ve been wanting in Texas — a close race for governor.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/05/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-mar-5-2010/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/22/explaining-the-rick-perry-bush-clan-divide/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryNBush550x300_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryNBush550x300_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: Todd Wiseman illustration</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/22/explaining-the-rick-perry-bush-clan-divide/">Explaining the Rick Perry-Bush Clan Divide</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Elise Hu </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-01-22 05:00"> Jan. 22, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/22/explaining-the-rick-perry-bush-clan-divide/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>When <a href="George H.W. Bush">George H.W. Bush</a> becomes the latest denizen of Bushworld to endorse <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/kay-bailey-hutchison/" target="_blank">Kay Bailey Hutchison</a> at an event at his West Houston home this morning — following on the heels of KBH supporters <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/jan/19/2010-bushiest-bushie-kay/" target="_blank">James Baker</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/rove-karl/" target="_blank">Karl Rove</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/karen-hughes/">Karen Hughes</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Spellings">Margaret Spellings</a> — it will be impossible to pretend any longer that there isn't a Bush-versus-Perry narrative at play in the 2010 governor's race. But what's really going on here?</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/22/explaining-the-rick-perry-bush-clan-divide/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/19/james-baker-backs-kay-bailey-hutchison/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/baker_james_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150505015925/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/baker_james_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: AP</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/19/james-baker-backs-kay-bailey-hutchison/">James Baker Backs Kay Bailey Hutchison</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:20:00 -0600" title="2010-01-19 12:20"> Jan. 19, 2010 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>James Baker enters the fray.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150505015925/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/19/james-baker-backs-kay-bailey-hutchison/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> </div> <div id="footer" class="grid"> <dl id="staff_writers" class="cell w-3"> <dt>Writers</dt> 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