After almost a full year on the campaign trail, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has finally been (unofficially) crowned the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
Romney led the pack when he announced his second run for the White House last June, and he has watched his rivals for the nomination slowly trickle out as their own wins looked increasingly unlikely.The delegates necessary to put him over the 1,144 necessary for the GOP nomination came in Texas, the lone state to vote this week. Romney entered the day 78 delegates away from the magic number, and on Tuesday...











July 15, 2011
"Rarely in the history of Texas legislature has the State's leadership so masterfully worked against the will of its members and the people they represent." - TX-State-Rep David Simpson
The defeat of the TSA Anti-Groping Bill in Texas is a scandal.
And the dirty tricks used by Texas Republican leadership can seem devastating, but this is not the end.
We will not give up. We'll be back in other states and we'll make them regret their actions in Texas !
Gov Rick Perry, Lt Gov David Dewhurst, and Speaker Joe Straus,
deserve some political pain for their leading roles in stopping the TSA Anti-Groping and anti-illegal-alien-Sanctuary-cities Bills !
As Dave Nalle, an Austin
The marble is the TSA bill, and the three coconut halves are named Perry, Dewhurst, and Straus.
"Hands continually shuffle or pass the TSA bill marble under the hollow coconut halves, hiding it from the eyes of you, the public, the citizens of Texas."
But what, specifically, did these scoundrels do ?
As David Simpson said, their manipulations were so masterful they "managed to arrange it so that every member could cast a vote in support of a bill which they ensured would not pass."
And all 3 can claim they oppose TSA groping while guaranteeing the bill to end it was defeated.
After the bill passed unanimously through the Texas