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Maybe the GOP Civil War in Texas Really is Over

Perhaps every column should now start like this: Before you’re done reading, the president may tweet something that changes almost everything I’m about to say. In his speech at the Texas GOP convention last month and again in emails to supporters, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick – who finished about 15 points behind Gov. Greg Abbott […]

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A liberated John Cornyn

Note: This column originally appeared in The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government.  There’s been a lot of chatter in Austin and Washington about what kind of an approach Sen. John Cornyn would take with the Tea Party now that he’s successfully fended off primary challengers from the […]

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