By SCHUYLER DIXON
Posts Tagged: leads
Rick Perry’s Failure to Lead Leads Texas Closer to Obamacare
Late Thursday afternoon, the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives took the first step toward capitulation on the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. A few hours later, the amendment directing the Texas state healthcare bureaucracy to start preparing for the expansion was reconsidered and rescinded after a handful of conservatives scrambled to rescue the situation — but the… Read more »
Louie Gohmert opposes gun control because marriage equality leads to bestiality
With gun control, these three might all marry Marcus Bachmann and a pet goat. Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas didn’t really say he opposes gun control because gay marriage leads to bestiality, did he? I mean, not even Louie is crazy enough to say something like that, right? Actually, he is: In fact, I… Read more »
Elizabeth Colbert Busch leads Mark Sanford in South Carolina special election
Only Mark Sanford could make this race competitive By popular demand, PPP polled the special election in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, and the numbers they got back are quite something. Republicans still have to contend with a runoff on Tuesday, and unsurprisingly, ex-Gov. Mark Sanford, who finished first on primary night, is in the… Read more »