Yes, I went to the doctor; yes, I have a whole new medication regimen. More on that in a separate post later this week.
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With less than a hundred days remaining before the November election, the Texas Progressive Alliance's blog posts and related news took note of the temperature rising on statewide candidates and debates—or lack thereof.
PDiddie at Brains and Eggs watched as Ted Cruz suddenly flinched, probably at his sagging internal polling numbers, and acquiesced to five debates with his surging challenger, Beto O'Rourke.
Socratic Gadfly gives his snarky lowdown on the proposed Cruz-O'Rourke face-offs.
Justin Miller at the Texas Observer sees Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Mike Collier with a problem: Dan Patrick ain't taking his bait. The following excerpt reveals the reasons: