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Americans Favor Broader Separation of Religion and Politics

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows significant changes in how Americans view the relationship between personal religious faith and political behavior. In the wake of the Saddleback Church forum on faith held last Friday with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, this study shows a much different […]

Faith and Politics

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Last Saturday evening, Rick Warren, the California mega-church pastor and best-selling author, hosted a forum on faith and politics in his church. The forum, televised nationally, included interviews with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. The fact that Warren could compel the appearance of both candidates (who have not shared a stage in several […]

Gas Prices and Energy Policy — This Week on TPT

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Last week, U.T. politics guru Jim Henson joined us to review the Texas Lyceum Poll 2008 just released last month.  Among other things, the poll asked over 1,000 Texas respondents to identify what they thought were the top issues facing the nation and the state.  Here they are:
MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUES:
Economy                                                         33%
Gas Prices/Energy                                           20%
Iraq War                                                          […]

Today on TPT: What’s On Your Mind?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

This week on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY we’ll be paraphrasing Sigmund Freud’s famous question and asking, “What do Texans want?” Our topics is, “What is on Texans’ minds as we go into the election season?” Our guest will be Jim Henson, Director of the Texas Politics Project at The University of Texas at Austin and co-author […]

Harvey Kronberg on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Quorum Report owner and editor Harvey Kronberg will preview the fall election season and handicap the most interesting races on today’s episode of TEXAS POLITICS TODAY.  The show airs every week from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. CDT on KOOP, Austin’s community radio station.  KOOP broadcasts at 91.7 FM in Austin and also streams live over […]

Bill Bishop on “The Daily Show” Tonight (Updated)

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Bill Bishop, the author of “The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart,” will be Jon Stewart’s guest on the “The Daily Show” tonight.  Bill was a guest on Texas Politics Today back in May of this year. 
“The Daily Show” airs at 10:00 p.m. CDT on the Comedy Channel. 
UPDATE:  Watch […]

Great Minds Think Alike

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

On the Texas Politics Today episode on Wednesday, July 16, we joined Markos Moulitsas, founder and chief author of Daily Kos, in a wide-ranging discussion of how the blogosphere emerged as an important force in progressive politics and how they are affecting national, state and local politics in this election year. One of the points […]

M-O-N-E-Y, The Mother’s Milk of Politics

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Political campaigns are battles of personality and ideas, yes, but they are also big business.  In just the primary season alone, all the candidates raised over a billion dollars.  Barack Obama led the pack by far, having raised over $339 million and spent over $267 million.  Although the levels are smaller when it comes to statewide and […]

David K’s Thoughts On Yesterday’s Interview

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Texas Politics Today’s Deece Eckstein and David Kobierowski interviewed Markos Moulitsas, Founder Daily Kos today.
The interview was broadcast live at 2:30pm, Wed., July 16th, 2008 on 91.7FM KOOP, Austin’s Community Radio Station.
It was an honor to have Markos join us in-studio at KOOP Radio today.
Early in the interview, Markos commented “I started Daily Kos as […]

TEXAS POLITICS TODAY Grabs Media Spotlight

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

This week’s episode of TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, which aired yesterday with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas as our guest, was terrific.  Markos turned out to be a smart and engaging interview, in one of the few interviews he’ll give while in Austin this week.  His presence on the show garnered lots of local media attention. 
Austin American-Statesman […]

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