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In Which The New York Times Straight Up Lies About Ed Buck

Saturday, September 21st, 2019

As an extension of the Democratic Media Complex, it’s never a surprise when theNew York Times lies to help the Democratic Party out. This time it’s calling wealthy gay Democratic Party donor and accused serial killer Ed Buck “a small-time Democratic donor.”

Does this look like a “small time” donor to you?

Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-10-2008 $500.00 United for A Strong America (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 09-02-2010 $1,000.00 Portantino, Anthony (D)
Money to Parties BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 12-09-2009 $500.00 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)
Money to Parties BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-23-2012 $2,000.00 Los Angeles County Dem Central Cmte (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-15-2012 $1,000.00 Israel, Steve (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-03-2012 $1,000.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 01-27-2015 $5,200.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 10-10-2016 $1,000.00 Bonoff, Terri (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-10-2016 $1,000.00 Bera, Ami (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 04-24-2015 $2,700.00 Clinton, Hillary (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-25-2013 $2,600.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-25-2013 $2,700.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-11-2014 $2,600.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-11-2014 $2,600.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Parties BUCK, ED
W HOLLYWOOD, CA 90056 RETIRED 10-28-2014 $2,500.00 Democratic State Central Cmte/California (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 05-25-2008 $1,000.00 Obama, Barack (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 04-24-2008 $250.00 Obama, Barack (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 08-29-2008 $300.00 Obama, Barack (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-11-2012 $500.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-02-2011 $500.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-31-2010 $600.00 Stonewall Democratic Club (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 05-27-2011 $500.00 Portantino, Anthony (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-02-2012 $500.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-02-2012 $500.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-28-2017 $5,400.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 05-06-2016 $250.00 Clinton, Hillary (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 UNEMPLOYED 07-19-2017 $1,000.00 Gomez, Jimmy (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-10-2016 $1,000.00 Caforio, Bryan (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-20-2017 $2,700.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 01-27-2015 -$2,500.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 01-27-2015 $2,500.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to SuperPAC/Outside Group BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-06-2014 $5,000.00 House Majority PAC
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 11-08-2012 $1,000.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-23-2010 $500.00 Stonewall Young Democrats
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-30-2011 $1,000.00 Frank, Barney (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-29-2008 $2,200.00 Warner, Russell (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 05-31-2017 $1,000.00 Donnelly, Joe (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 UNEMPLOYED 02-27-2017 $1,000.00 Gomez, Jimmy (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-20-2017 $2,700.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-28-2017 $2,700.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 NOT EMPLOYED 10-10-2016 $1,000.00 Gallego, Pete (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-25-2013 -$2,600.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 NONE 05-04-2016 $1,000.00 Vince, Lou (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-19-2015 $2,700.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-29-2007 $500.00 Warner, Russell (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-20-2007 $1,800.00 Warner, Russell (D)
Money to Parties BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 11-08-2009 $350.00 Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 09-02-2010 $1,000.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 04-22-2010 $1,000.00 Frank, Barney (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 11-03-2009 $1,000.00 Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 05-01-2011 $1,000.00 Portantino, Anthony (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-26-2012 $1,000.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 N/A/RETIRED 04-15-2011 $500.00 Stonewall Democratic Club
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 09-30-2011 $250.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-21-2017 $1,000.00 Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-15-2016 $5,000.00 Getting Stuff Done PAC (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-24-2015 $5,000.00 Getting Stuff Done PAC (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-25-2016 $1,700.00 Caforio, Bryan (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 12-07-2015 $1,000.00 Lee, Susie (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-10-2016 $1,000.00 Rosen, Jacky (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 10-01-2014 $1,000.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 05-01-2014 $2,600.00 Honda, Mike (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 Not employed 12-13-2014 $1,000.00 Barber, Ron (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 05-12-2008 $500.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 04-22-2010 $1,000.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 09-18-2009 $1,000.00 McNerney, Jerry (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-29-2011 $1,000.00 Portantino, Anthony (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 UNEMPLOYED 05-03-2017 $1,000.00 Gomez, Jimmy (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 Retired 02-24-2017 $10,400.00 Getting Stuff Done PAC (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 02-28-2017 -$2,700.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 03-17-2015 $1,000.00 Ready PAC
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 08-19-2015 $2,700.00 Lieu, Ted (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 RETIRED 04-28-2016 $2,700.00 Schiff, Adam (D)
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 01-04-2013 $2,500.00 Sinema, Kyrsten (D)
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 04-07-2014 $1,000.00 Stonewall Young Democrats
Money to PACs BUCK, ED
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 12-31-2014 $1,000.00 Ready for Hillary
Money to Candidates BUCK, ED D
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 RETIRED 06-15-2017 $1,000.00 Aguilar, Pete (D)

Forgive the cut-and-paste wonkiness. This assumes that all Ed Buck donations from 90046 are the same Ed Buck, even though some list Los Angeles as the city and others West Hollywood, which seems a safe assumption. That’s 77 line items (including three refunds from the Sinema campaign) over two pages of donations, most of $1,000 or more. He gave maximum donations to candidates across the country (Barney Frank in Massachusetts, Pete Gallego in Texas, etc.), and where you see two $2,600 or $2,700 donations to the same candidate in the same year, like he did with California Democratic Representative Ted Lieu in 2014, it indicates he gave the maximum for both the primary and the general election.

I’m pretty sure Lieu didn’t think Buck was a “small-time donor” at the time.

According to Excel, minus the returns, that’s a total of $114,900 accused serial murderer Ed Buck doled out to Democrats. I don’t think that fits most ordinary Americans’ idea of a “small time donor.”

Just before I posted this, I asked three of the four by-lined writers (Arit John, Laura M. Holson, and Mihir Zaveri; the fourth, Emily S. Rueb, does not appear to be on Twitter) why they described Buck as a “small-time donor,” and who made the decision to refer to him that way. I’ll let you know if I get a reply.

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Republican Pete Flores Pulls Out Victory In Texas SD19

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

A funny thing happened to that “blue wave” in Texas on the way to November: Republican Pete Flores pulled out a win in the Texas Senate District 19 runoff election over Democrat Pete Gallego, who Twitter reports has conceded the race.

Keep in mind that former Democratic State Senator (and now convicted felon) Carlos Uresti won the seat by 15 points in 2016.

A few possible causes for the seat flipping red beyond the obvious low turnout for a special election:

  • The unpopularity in Texas of the Democratic Party’s lurch farther left
  • Strong economy under President Donald Trump
  • A sleaze hangover from Uresti’s conviction
  • 2018 Texas Democratic ballot headliner Beto O’Rourke’s under-performing among Hispanics and/or South Texas.
  • Key support for Flores from Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.
  • Concerns over Gallego not actually living in the district

    • Some reactions from Twitter:

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    Texas SD19 Special Election Runoff Today

    Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

    If you live in Texas Senate District 19, today is the day to vote in the runoff election if you haven’t already:

    Three months after convicted felon Carlos Uresti vacated his state Senate seat, voters will choose his successor Tuesday in a race that could have important consequences for next year’s legislative session.

    Republican Pete Flores, a retired game warden, and Democrat Pete Gallego, a former U.S. and state representative, emerged from July’s special election in first and second place, respectively, from a field of 11, resulting in Tuesday’s runoff.

    Snip.

    Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The sprawling district encompasses all or parts of 17 counties, including a portion of San Antonio, large swaths of West Texas and 400 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.

    The winner of the runoff will serve the rest of Uresti’s term, which runs through 2020. The longtime lawmaker was sentenced in June to 12 years in prison for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme.

    Previously.

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    Flores, Gallego Head For Runoff In SD19

    Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

    It’s a runoff to replace convicted felon Democrat Carlos Uresti in Senate District 19:

    Republican Pete Flores and Democrat Pete Gallego are headed to a runoff in the special election to replace convicted former state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio.

    With 97 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Flores was leading Gallego by 3 percentage points, 33 percent to 30 percent, according to unofficial returns. At 25 percent, state Rep. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio was coming in third in the eight-way race. The five other candidates were in single digits, including Uresti’s brother, outgoing state Rep. Tomas Uresti of San Antonio.

    The first-place finish by Flores, who unsuccessfully challenged Carlos Uresti in 2016, is a boon to Republicans in the Democratic-leaning district. In the home stretch of the race, he benefited from a raft of endorsements from Texas’ top elected officials including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

    The special election was triggered in June after Carlos Uresti was found guilty of 11 felonies, including securities fraud and money laundering, tied to his work with a now-defunct oilfield services company. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison days after he stepped down.

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    Some Random Primary Results

    Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

    Not quite as down as I was last night. There’s lots of the commentary this morning on how Donald Trump under-performed vs. expectations.

    Here are some random primary results and links:

  • “So far, Trump wins open primaries and Cruz wins closed…and the calendar is starting to change toward more closed primaries.” Also: “So here’s where it potentially gets interesting. Although the media are looking forward to March 15, this Saturday (March 5) there are four Republican primaries/caucuses: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine. All are closed.” If Cruz can take three of those four, it’s a whole new race. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
  • Ted Cruz wins Alaska, despite Sarah Palin’s Trump endorsement.
  • It was generally a bad night on the anti-Joe Straus front. Straus won his primary, as did Jason Villalba, and Straus-backed Lance Gooden took out conservative Stuart Sptizer in the Texas 4th Congressional District, while Hugh B. Shine took out conservative (and bit of a loose cannon) Molly White. For a while it looked like Straus crony Byron Cook might lose, but he eked out a win over Thomas McNutt with 50.4%.
  • Michael Quinn Sullivan is a bit more optimistic:

    The chairman of the Licensing Committee, Wayne Smith, and the chairman of Special Purpose Districts, Doug Miller, are now facing tough run-offs against conservative challengers Briscoe Cain and Kyle Biedermann.

    State Rep. Debbie Riddle, a Straus loyalist on the powerful Calendars Committee, was defeated outright by Valoree Swanson in a four-way race.

    Meanwhile, decorated veteran Terry Wilson defeated liberal State Rep. Marsha Farney, who was rumored to have been tapped by Straus to helm the Public Education Committee in 2017.

    On the other hand, conservative fighters Jonathan Stickland, Tony Tinderholt, and Matt Rinaldi won big re-election fights. Stickland, Tinderholt, and Rinaldi were top targets of the establishment, with the opponents slinging copious amounts of mud to no avail.

    (Hat tip: Push Junction.)

  • Speaking of loose cannons, check out new Travis County GOP chair Robert Morrow.
  • Another Will Hurd (R) vs. Pete Gallego (D) matchup in the 23rd Congressional District. This is the only true swing U.S. House seat left in Texas, and it will probably come down to turnout. Gallego took the seat from Francisco “Quico” Canseco in 2012 and Hurd took the seat back for Republicans in 2014.
  • Shawn Dick beats Jana Duty for Williamson County DA.
  • Other Williamson County races: Robert Chody wins the Sheriff race over four challengers, Donna Parker and Landy Warren are going to a runoff for County Commissioner Precinct 1, and Laura Baker and Warren Oliver Waterman are going to a runoff for Williamson Court-at-Law No. 2 Judge.

    • Probably more later…

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    Cronyism Lowering the Bar at UT Law

    Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

    For an example of how the cronyism scandal Wallace Hall uncovered is harming the University of Texas, take a look at UT’s law school.

    According to Erik Telford: “Only 59 percent of its graduates passed the most recent Texas Bar Examination, placing UT dead last among Texas’ nine law schools despite it being by far the most highly regarded school of the nine.”

    Speaker Joe Straus and two of his top lieutenants in the Texas House, Reps. Dan Branch and Jim Pitts, sent more letters to the president of the University of Texas on behalf of applicants than anyone else whose correspondence was included in a recent inquiry into admissions favoritism.

    Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa’s office recently reviewed 86 “recommendation” letters, almost all of them from lawmakers, sent to UT President Bill Powers instead of through the proper channels.

    In addition to Straus, the Fox piece fingers Democratic State Senator Judith Zaffrini (who is on the higher education committee) as one of the biggest cronyism abusers, and one who was not shy about sending letters for well-connected applicants. Telford:

    Of the 90 UT Law School graduates who have failed the bar exam twice in recent years, 12 — or 13 percent — came from Zaffrini’s hometown of Laredo, which comprises less than 1 percent of the state’s population. It’s a suspicious correlation, as previous investigations of Zaffrini found that the senator has attempted to use her political clout to skirt the admissions process at least three times in the past. Six more double-flunkers have connections to Straus’ political machine.

    While Zaffrini and Straus may possibly have muscled several of their unqualified hometown cronies into their state’s flagship public law school, many other state lawmakers appear to have snuck their children and employees through UT Law’s back door. The sons of Zaffrini, State Sen. John Carona and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts each graduated from UT Law and promptly failed the bar exam three times, as did the chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego [Democrat], and State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez [Democrat], who attended UT Law while serving in office.

    Carona was defeated by Don Huffines in March, and Dan Branch is about to be retired by Ken Paxton. It is the likes of Straus and Zaffrini who should be removed from public office for participating in the scandal, not Wallace Hall for exposing it.

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    Canseco Running Against Gallego Again

    Monday, September 30th, 2013

    Francisco “Quico” Canseco is gearing up to take U.S. Congressional District 23 back from Democrat Pete Gallego. Canseco lost the by just over 9,000 votes in 2012, having beaten Ciro Rodriguez for the seat by just over 7,000 votes in 2010. CD23 is the biggest “swing” district in Texas, and Canseco probably has a good chance to take back the seat as Gallego will have to win in 2014 without a boost from the Obama campaign.

    More on Canseco’s Facebook page.

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    LinkSwarm for October 30, 2012

    Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

    I was going to have an insightful, data-filed post on the Texas 23rd Congressional district race, but then I realized that the Los Angeles Times data I was relying on flipped at least one bit of information (NRA-ILA is doing independent expenditures against Pete Gallego, not against Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco), which means I can’t trust the rest. Super executive summary: Canseco has a huge cash on-hand advantage, $785,623 to $23,250, but assuming the other LA Times numbers are right, the independent expenditure race is a lot closer to even.

    Now on to a LinkSwarm a week before the election:

  • Obama is clearly winning the race for military endorsements, having 6 endorsements to Romney’s paltry 359.
  • Politico worried that Romney may let lobbyists “back” into the White House, conveniently ignoring the dozens of lobbyists Obama has on staff.
  • There’s a huge amount of outrage over the MSM trying to bury the Benghazi scandal to help Obama over the finish line.
  • Even Democratic pollster Pat Caddell is outraged:

  • Syrian rebels get antiaircraft missiles. What could possibly go wrong?
  • A Daily Beast piece on the decline of the left-wing Netroots.
  • Paul Sadler managed to raise more money for his 2004 Texas Senate race than his 2012 U.S. Senate race.
  • Remember Joseph Livoti, formerly the finance director for Ricardo Sanchez’s aborted Senate campaign? Probably not. Well, his current position is “Finance Director at Joe Miklosi for Congress”. And the Sanchez campaign doesn’t appear in his job summary. Funny that.
  • Given that Miklosi has raised about half of what his Republican opponent incumbent Mike Coffman has for the Colorado Sixth Congressional District race, but only has about one-fifth the cash on hand, Livoti seems to have retained his magic touch.
  • Michael Totten: The Islamist threat isn’t going away.
  • Some pictures of Sandy-related flooding.

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    Team Gallego Lies About Rep. Canseco

    Friday, September 28th, 2012

    As previously reported, the Texas 23rd Congressional District is one of the most closely watched races in the country. As such, it’s no surprise that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is rolling out attack ads against incumbent Republican Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco on behalf of Democratic challenger Pete Gallego.

    And, much like the national Democratic attack ads, it’s filled with lies.

    But don’t take my word for it. WOAI in San Antonio has done the heavy lifting in debunking team Gallego’s claims:

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    The Second Most Important Race in Texas: CD23

    Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

    The most important Texas political race is obviously the Texas Senate race. Barring any unforeseen catastrophe, I fully expect Ted Cruz to soundly thump Paul Sadler in November.

    The second most important Texas race is for the 23rd Congressional District, where Republican Francisco “Quico” Canseco eked out the second closest win over a Democratic congressional incumbent in 2010, beating Ciro Rodriguez by a little over 7,000 votes. Rep. Blake Farenthold’s win over Solomon Ortiz in the 27th congressional district was the closest Texas CD race that year, decided by a mere 799 votes, but the 27th was made considerably more Republican in redistricting, going from voting for Obama by 53% of the vote to a mere 40% of the vote under the new district lines.

    The legislature was not able to reenforce Canseco’s sprawling district to nearly the same extent, and it was only made slightly more Republican, going from a 51% Obama district to a 50% Obama district. That, plus the power of incumbency and $1 million cash on hand (as of June 30) give Canseco a real fighting chance to hold the seat. His Democratic opponent, Pete Gallego, spent all his money to beat Rodriguez in the runoff, but this is still the only decent shot Texas Democrats have to defeat a incumbent Republican congressman this year, so expect the usual big Democratic donors (unions and trial lawyers) to come to his rescue.

    Heritage ranks Canseco a solid (if not exceptional) conservative at 72%, higher than the (lamentably low) Republican House average of 65%, but 50 points better than even the best Texas Democratic representative (Henry Cuellar).

    If you were looking for a Texas congressional race where your donations might help Republicans hold a tough seat, this is the one.

    A few recent tidbits about the race:

  • Canseco will be a speaker at the Republican National Convention.
  • Canseco is not a fan of the TSA fondling his junk. Maybe he’ll help eliminate this useless agency.
  • Meanwhile, Gallego has overhauled his staff for the fourth time.

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