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May 2009
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Recently in Video CategoryAfter another day of chubbing, House Republicans and House Democrats held separate caucuses during a dinner break in an effort to break the partisan gridlock in the chamber. No deal, said R's as they emerged from their caucus meeting. State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, said Democrats asked R's to agree to move the TDI sunset bill and Voter ID to the Tuesday calendar, and in exchange they would free up all the legislation preceding it on the calendar. Republicans decided not to agree to the deal. It's also apparent there's some tension between the R's and their fellow member, state Rep. Tommy M... Hardball host Chris Matthews called Perry's secession suggestions both "whacked out" and "a nincompoop idea" before introducing a segment featuring late night jokes about secession. Here's the segment. (I'll leave y'all to discuss amongst yourselves whether Matthews is also a little "whacked out", later.) Visit msn... In advance of tomorrow's tussle in the Senate over a bill requiring Texans to present government-issued ID in order to vote, here's a look at the issue we did last May, after the US Supreme Court ruled the Voter ID measures in Indiana were constitutional. Included are seniors, GOP Chair Tina Benkiser, a few flashbacks from House 2007 and Justin Leavitt of the NYU Brennan Center, who wrote the study, "The Truth about Voter ID". Enjoy. Ambassador Tom Schieffer spent a few minutes of his press conference this morning (in which he announced his exploratory committee for Texas governor in 2010) batting back questions about his friend and former business partner, George W. Bush. Here's what he said when asked what he thought of Bush's job as president: On possibility of Perry opting to leave stimulus money on the table: On UTIMCO's R...
Speaker-to-be Joe Straus had interesting things to say about various issues in an interview with us and San Antonio sister station KENS-5 this afternoon. But I thought we'd warm him up with some getting-to-know-you stuff first... which I caught on my tiny pocket camera. (Sitting there and making eye contact and shooting video wound up being tricky, the video's pretty shaky so please bear with the What he said about the issues will be coming up in our newscasts on Monday, and I'll transcribe that for the blog too, for those of you who like to read. But first, Straus on the m... Sorry for the delay. This Smithee video file fell victim to some technical difficulties. To review, State Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, spoke just outside his office after meeting with his supporters and deciding to quit the race for house speaker. He says state Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, also dropped his challenge, paving the way for state Rep Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, to become the next speaker of the House without challenges on the first day of session. Watch Smithee below. He is both realistic and gracious about the situation: If you haven't heard, the previously unthinkable happened. Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick was toppled by his opponents. The sitting speaker, upon realizing he doesn't have enough support to win another term, withdrew from the race to head the House. The Craddick supporters gathered in downtown Austin to discuss what is next. While most of the members who were mobbed by reporters outside stayed quiet, state Rep. Will Hartnett, R-Dallas, was quite forthcoming. Check it out, and share with your cyberbuds if you'd like: State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, has voted for House Speaker Tom Craddick three times in the past -- 2003, 2005 and 2007. She caught flak for it in 2007 by not only drawing a Democratic primary opponent who made hay of her support of Craddick in some nasty negative ads. (Read: Black and white generic lobbyist looking dude in slow mo and the video clips of Dukes and Craddick huddling together.) This afternoon, Dukes told reporters she remains uncommitted to a candidate. "I'm committed to being uncommitted," Dukes said. Just a quick look at the crowd at the official Travis County Democratic Party party for election night, as Obama begins his victory speech. (Was it just me or did he seem strangely unemotional?) ... |
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Elise Hu is KVUE's Political Reporter and your dedicated blogger. There's too much politics in Texas to fit into a newscast, so the fun continues here. Email your ideas and feedback to ehu@kvue.com.
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