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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Voting is the most fundamental privilege we enjoy as Americans. As we approach the most important presidential election in a generation, TEXAS POLITICS TODAY takes us back to Square One: registering to vote. You can’t vote if you’re not registered, and the deadline for registering for this election is fast approaching — Monday, October 6. […]
Central Texas House Races: Fall Election Preview
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008With the national political conventions out of the way, the fall election season is officially OPEN! This week on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, we’re visiting with Ross Ramsey, the editor of the online political newsletter Texas Weekly. Ross has been covering Texas politics for over a quarter century and has built Texas Weekly into a must-read […]
This Week on TPT: Republicans Rendezvous in St. Paul
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Last week, the Democrats met in Denver. On Thursday night, Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech, wowing a crowd of 85,000 at Mile High Stadium and earning plaudits from the national media.
Friday, John McCain stole Obama’s thunder with his surprise pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Although the Republican convention schedule […]
Democrats Meeting in Denver
Monday, August 25th, 2008The Democratic National Convention is being held this week in Denver, Colorado. America will cross an historic threshold as Senator Barack Obama becomes the first African American to be nominated for President by a major political party. Obama has also announced his vice-presidential choice, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware.
This week on TEXAS POLITICS TODAY, we’ll […]
Americans Favor Broader Separation of Religion and Politics
Friday, August 22nd, 2008A 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, 2008Last 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, 2008Last 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, 2008This 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, 2008Quorum 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, 2008Bill 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 […]