The agenda of Texas Tribune managing editor Ross Ramsey, and the publication at large, could be coming into focus right in time for November elections. Ramsey looks to have been tasked with slinging “non-partisan” residency mud. His marching orders are to message against a war hero and the voters of SD 22.

We already know the U.S. Senate doesn’t bother to read legislation it passes. That would be, like, hard.

It now looks like naming legislation is a bit too much to expect from our fat and happy would-be rulers.

Apparently Bill White’s “strategy” of being dishonest with Texans and running from his record isn’t working. The truth just keeps catching up with him and blowing up in his face. The most recent embarrassment from the White campaign is his handling of President Obama’s visit to Texas where he will be fundraising for Democrats.

Looks like another Democrat statewide hopeful is following Bill White’s lead in avoiding President Obama’s Texas trip. The latest is Jeff Weems, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission. What makes his silence ironic is that Weems has been an enthusiastic supporter of Obama… until seeking office himself, apparently.

Texas’ newest state senator might also be the latest example in the ongoing discussion about election reform. Liberals in the media recently made the ridiculous claim that State Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) voted twice on the same day – in Texas and Virginia. Given that Birdwell’s brother voted that day but was not counted, it was clearly a case of poll-worker confusion, coupled by lax ballot security. Meanwhile, the Democrat running against Birdwell in November has called election reform measures “unnecessary.”

Apparently the only thing scarier to Bill White than commonsense fiscal policy, is a visit to Texas by his party’s president, Barack Obama. When Mr. Obama visits Texas on Monday, Bill White will be nowhere close: he has mastered the art of “duck and cover.”

There’s an old saying that a lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on, and the events of the past week underscore the truth of that old adage.

Get ready; there is a considerable movement to raise your Texas taxes. But watch out, just as I predicted to you months ago, it will be done in a manner designed to fool the inattentive and the ignorant

Just how scary is Barack Obama? Scary enough that Democrats running for office in Texas are running far away from his August 9 visit to the Lone Star State. No Dem wants to be photo’d with the radioactive president. Meanwhile, the president is dodging a clearly-needed lecture from Gov. Rick Perry.

Texas consumers will soon be paying more for electricity. But this isn’t because of deregulation and greedy electricity companies, as is so often claimed. Instead, it is the result of some decisions soon to be made by Texas’ Public Utility Commission.