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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has strong support from repeated Republican primary voters as well as senior citizens, two groups that are more likely to turn out for a July runoff for U.S. Senate, according to a Dewhurst campaign memo written by pollster Mike Baselice. Supporters of former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite who placed second in Tuesday’s vote, have argued that Cruz would be favored in a runoff because his supporters are more enthusiastic and likely to show up for an unusual, mid-summer vote. So the Baselice memo was clearly intended to rebut that argument. Recent...

It was never going to be easy for Ted Cruz to force a runoff in the Texas Senate primary. “This race is Ground Zero between the moderate establishment and the conservative tidal wave,” Cruz said Tuesday at a Houston polling site, according to the Houston Chronicle. “The stakes are high.” “A runoff,” he added, “would be a tremendous victory.” Last night, the former Texas solicitor general got his wish, winning a spot in the runoff and a direct showdown with Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, who finished just short of the “ 50 percent plus one” threshold he needed to avoid...

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Don’t mess with Texas! The Lone Star State is on the verge of electing a U.S. senator who may be as bright, conservative, and effective as any senator in memory. And, were this not enough, Texas may be about to elect a House member who will send House do-nothings scurrying for the exits. The ground-breaking Senate candidate is Ted Cruz, who, last night, forced Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst into a runoff. Dewhurst fell a few percent short of the votes needed to avoid the runoff. The Cruz-Dewhurst mid-summer runoff election on July 31 – coming at...

The battle to be the Texas GOP Senate nominee is this year’s most important Senate election. Tea Party backed Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz overcame long odds on Tuesday, and forced establishment favorite Lt. Governor David Dewhurst into a runoff in the race for the open Texas U.S. Senate seat. "Dewhurst failed to get a majority because he failed to fight for conservative principles. His false attacks backfired," Senator Jim DeMint, a Cruz supporter, tweeted Tuesday night. According to The Dallas Morning News, Dewhurst, who spent more than $20 million of personal funds to get elected lieutenant governor in 2002,...

Voter turnout was 10.8% in 2008 Presidential Primary. Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates John McCain 697,767 51.21% 80 Mike Huckabee 518,002 38.02% 16 Ron Paul 66,360 4.87% 0 Mitt Romney 27,264 2.00% 0 Fred Thompson 11,503 0.84% 0 Alan Keyes 8,260 0.60% 0 Duncan Hunter 8,222 0.60% 0 Rudy Giuliani 6,038 0.44% 0 Hugh Cort 728 0.05% 0 Hoa Tran 604 0.04% 0 Uncommitted 17,574 1.29% 0 Total 1,362,322 100% 96

We have sent the Tea Party Express "Mobile Call Center" down to Texas for the final push before TOMORROW'S election!Sorry to interrupt your Memorial Day, but we here at the Tea Party Express want to thank you for your support of conservative Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz and want to show you what we are doing to ensure that conservatives show up to the polls tomorrow to vote.  In a campaign first, we have harnessed cutting edge technology with good old fashioned Tea Party passion and present to you the Tea Party Express "Mobile Call Center":The Tea Party...

The late Andrew Breitbart saw in Ted Cruz the future of the conservative movement.  On paper, Cruz seems like someone out of central casting, perfectly put together to represent conservatism’s future. His father fled oppression in Cuba for freedom in America. He grew up immersing himself in the works of Frederick Bastiat, F.A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and Milton Friedman, earning scholarships by giving speeches about their ideas. He went to Princeton and Harvard law without losing the common touch. He racked up legal victories that helped defend the Second Amendment and America’s sovereignty against the World Court.  But while...

With the Texas state primary just days away, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is in the lead to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, and according to some observers, one of the factors he has working in his favor is fear. In Texas, the lieutenant governorship is a hugely powerful position. Its occupant is the leader of the state senate, meaning he appoints committee chairmen and members, determines the order in which bills are taken up, and decides which committees get to handle specific pieces of legislation. At the very least, everyone has to be aware of the sway...

For a conservative Texan seeking national office, it could hardly get better than this: In a recent 48-hour span, Ted Cruz, a candidate for next year’s Republican Senate nomination for the seat being vacated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, was endorsed by the Club for Growth PAC, FreedomWorks PAC, talk-radio host Mark Levin and Erick Erickson of RedState.com. And Cruz’s most conservative potential rival for the nomination decided to seek a House seat instead. For conservatives seeking reinforcements for Washington’s too-limited number of limited-government constitutionalists, it can hardly get better than this: Before he earned a Harvard law degree magna...

A new poll of the Texas Republican Senate primary race shows conservative candidate Ted Cruz surging to nearly within the margin of error against moderate establishment front-runner David Dewhurst.  The University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows Dewhurst at 40 percent and Cruz at 31 percent. Cruz had been trailing the self-financed Dewhurst by over 20 percent, so this poll shows him closing strong.  Early voting started last week in Texas, and the primary is on Tuesday, May 29. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on Tuesday, the top-two vote getters will be in a run-off...

Conservatives are lining up for Ted Cruz in Texas - this is the next important Tea Party election we have to win !Tea Party Express endorsed Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz has gotten national attention recently due to his surge in the polls, the Tea Party Express rallies throughout Texas supporting his candidacy, and the endorsement of Sarah Palin.We wanted to send along a quick early voting reminder and a very cool audio message that we received from the Ted Cruz campaign that was recorded by Governor Sarah Palin to Texas voters. Hear what Sarah Palin said about Ted...

In the Republican primary, the competition for the U.S. Senate nomination is a race to the right and a crowded one at that. Though there are nine candidates in the race, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is the best known and certainly the best financed. Dewhurst acts like the chosen one, but GOP voters looking for a no pretense, no apologies conservative found one in challenger Ted Cruz. [Snip] Cruz has a big intellect and doesn't mind taking it for a spin around the room. He's smart; he knows it and you know it within minutes of talking to him. Yet,...

We have some big news coming out of Texas!We got word from Tea Party Express endorsed Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz that he just received the powerful endorsement of former Alaskan Governor and U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin. This is a major boost for the surging conservative from Texas in his quest to champion Tea Party values of fiscal responsibility in the U.S. Senate.  Gov. Palins endorsement carries a lot of weight with conservatives and Tea Party groups.  It was just this last week that she put her stamp of approval on...

A super PAC supporting Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst's Senate campaign has released an internal poll showing him at 57 percent in the GOP race with less than three weeks left until the primary. The poll shows Dewhurst at 57 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 16 percent, Tom Leppert at 12 percent, and Craig James at 4 percent. Eleven percent were undecided. If Dewhurst finishes with over 50 percent of the vote on May 29, he wins the nomination outright. If not, the top two finishers will advance to a July 31 runoff. The Perception Insight poll of 800...

Former Alaska Gov. and conservative icon Sarah Palin endorsed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate race Thursday morning. Both Palin and her husband, Todd, pledge their support in a letter to Cruz, who hopes to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. “Your conservative principles, passionate defense of our Constitution and our free market system come at a time when these cornerstones of our freedom and prosperity are under attack,” Palin wrote in the letter, according to the campaign. “Our shared goal isn’t just to change the majority in control of the Senate, but to assure...

Within about 90 minutes of Sarah Palin's endorsement of Texas Senate insurgent Ted Cruz on Thursday, rival David Dewhurst answered with a new TV spot in which former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee again vouches for the lieutenant governor and stresses his anti-abortion record. In the 30-second ad, called "Values," Huckabee speaks to camera about the need to "turn our culture around." Then, as Dewhurst is shown walking outdoors with his wife Patricia, stepdaughter Carolyn and a horse, Huckabee intones: "David's conservative leadership helped Texas pass more pro-life legislation than any state in America." At the bottom of the screen, a...

Texas’s Ted Cruz has come a long way in his quest to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the United States Senate. He has spent the better part of the last year slowly closing the polling gap with his principal rival, the better-known lieutenant governor David Dewhurst, to the point that a runoff between the two now seems the likeliest of outcomes in the May 29 primary. But finishing a strong second isn’t an outcome worthy of an articulate, principled conservative such as Cruz. He can and should win a runoff with Dewhurst, become the Republican nominee, and be elected the...

Enter the Texas Tea Party's favorite GOP Senate candidate, Ted Cruz. "These bureaucracies," Cruz recently e-mailed me, "must be reined in. Instead of allowing the people to participate in the democratic process, the bureaucrats create the rule and then declare that it will benefit society, sidestepping the constitutional legislative process. That's why we must re-establish the proper role of the federal government. To do that, we need new leadership in the U.S. Senate." Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/tea_party_battles_gop_establishment_in_texas_senate_race.html#ixzz1tO4cHCNG

Gov. Rick Perry left no doubt this time. In Plano on Wednesday, Perry told KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reporter Jack Fink that he's backing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for Texas' open seat in the U.S. Senate. "The fact is I'm a loyal individual, if I'm nothing else, and David's been a loyal supporter of mine," Perry said. "And I in turn am a loyal supporter of him and his task to become the next U.S. senator from Texas." On Jan. 2, while campaigning in Iowa on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, then-presidential candidate Perry gave Dewhurst, who was standing behind...

Ted Cruz is surging. Ted Cruz has climbed 6 points to 18% in a new poll, putting him a solid second place in the 8-candidate field. Meanwhile, the frontrunner -- Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst -- has dropped 5 points to 36%. Cruz has cut Dewhurst's lead from 29 points in September down to just 18 points today. This is great news, but it's even better than it looks. If Dewhurst fails to get 50% of the vote in the April 3rd primary, he will be forced into a run-off with the second place finisher. And if Cruz makes it into...

Ted Cruz knows the American Dream because his family has lived it. As teenager in the 1950s, his father, Rafael Cruz, fought with Fidel Castro in the Cuban revolution, not knowing Castro was a communist. He was eventually imprisoned and brutally beaten by the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship's police. Rafael's father bribed his son's way out of prison. The son fled Cuba with a hundred dollars sewn into his underwear -- and earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Texas. Cruz's mother, Eleanor, grew up in an Irish-Italian working-class family in Wilmington, Del. She ended up in Texas, too...

Former Texas Solicitor General and US Senate candidate Ted Cruz received the endorsement of Project Madison, a national PAC that supports proven conservative candidates. In the race for US Senator from Texas, the Republican primary is the whole ball game, as it isn't likely that a Democrat will do well. In 2010, Project Madison endorsed Pat Toomey and Marco Rubio.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R), whose Senate Conservatives Fund is a major Tea Party fundraising force, chimed in Friday morning on which candidates he may endorse in the open seat Texas Senate race. In an e-mail to supporters less than 24 hours after Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) announced she won't seek re-election, DeMint poured cold water on the potential candidacy of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) and touted potential contenders Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams (R) and former solicitor general Ted Cruz (R).

SANTA CRUZ — Downtown business owners spent Sunday repairing shattered windows and doors after a May Day rally Saturday night turned into a riot with approximately 250 people marching along Pacific Avenue, some carrying makeshift torches, throwing large rocks and paint bombs, and spray-painting walls with graffiti. At least 18 businesses suffered damage during the rally in honor of international workers that began at 9 p.m. and escalated into mayhem around 10:30 p.m., police said. Investigators estimated damage at $100,000, though some business owners said it could be more. No injuries were reported.

There's trouble ahead in Sex and the City 2 - and her name is Penelope Cruz. The Spanish actress appears in the new trailer for the highly anticipated film as a sultry temptress who catches the eye of Mr Big, played by Chris Noth. Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw catches her husband flirting with Cruz at a bar, prompting her to question her two-year marriage.

Note: The following text is a quote: MS-13 Gunman Sentenced 80 Years for Attempted Murder ALEXANDRIA, VA—Dennis L. Gil Bernardez, 33, of Landover, Md., the gunman in an MS-13 shooting, was sentenced to 80 years in prison today for attempting to murder rival gang members on Oct. 6, 2008, at a park near homes in Reston, Va. His accomplice, Jose M. Aguilar Orantes, 18, of Reston, Va., who provided the firearm, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for his role in the attempted murders. A third member, Carlos B. Guzman Cruz, 25, of Richmond, Va., was sentenced to 144...

You want a leak case? Here's a leak case: socialite-actress-producer Zeta Graff suing socialite-actress Paris Hilton for libel and slander for Hilton's alleged leak to Page Six of the New York Post. Hilton allegedly falsely reported that Graff had gone "berserk" at a London nightclub when she saw Hilton dancing to "Copacabana" with Graff's ex-boyfriend Paris Latsis. Hilton allegedly also reported that Graff tried to rip a $4 million diamond necklace off Hilton's neck, and that Graff, according to Hilton, is allegedly "a woman who is older and losing her looks, and she's alone. She's very unhappy." Graff is in...

Actress Penelope Cruz plays with her hair while being interviewed on the red carpet as she arrives for the gala screening of her new film 'Volver' during the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 8, 2006. The festival runs from September 7 until the 16. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters) Penelope Cruz says that when she finished six months of work on "Volver," the new movie directed by Spain's Pedro Almodovar, she was so wrapped up in her character that she faced an emotional crisis. "I couldn't leave the set. I didn't want to take my false ass off. There...

MANCHESTER, N.H. --The state attorney general's office and city police say a Manchester man was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed a Massachusetts man trying to rob him last fall. Francisco Cruz, 20, of Lawrence, Mass., died on Oct. 16, 2005. Authorities said Tuesday the shooter, Greg Stroman, had not committed a crime because Cruz and an accomplice entered Stroman's apartment armed with deadly weapons and threatened several people inside. Cruz had a handgun and Raphael Pamphile had brass knuckles when they entered the apartment that night, police said.

A tip from an Albuquerque aircraft charter company led Moriarty Police to an airplane with an unusual cargo— suitcases full of more than $1 million in cash. Moriarty Police Chief Bobby Garcia said the two currency-filled suitcases seized from an airplane at the city's airport on Nov. 27 weighed more than 300 pounds. They contained $1,169,896, Garcia said Wednesday. No arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation. The events that led to the cash seizure began when a private plane requested an emergency landing at the Moriarty Municipal Airport due to engine problems around noon on Thanksgiving. Garcia said...

This Bud's for Cruz: I got a taped call from Al Gore last night. There was something strange about it. Here's what it said: GORE'S VOICE: This is former vice Precident Al Gore calling to urge you to vote no on the recall. Gray Davis has been a solid progressive governor and deserves to finish out his term. We simply cannot let the right wing Republicans roll back the progress California has been making under Governor Davis. It is very important that you vote no on the recall. Also, as insurance against a strong pro-recall turnout, and to keep a...

<p>Rolls back community colleges fees.</p> <p>Cuts "car tax" increase - exempts first $20,000.</p> <p>Raises taxes on cigarettes, alcohol.</p> <p>Reinstates top income tax (same as under Ronald Reagan).</p> <p>Closes Prop. 13 "skyscraper" loophole (more frequent reassessment, commercial property).</p> <p>Attacks Medi-Cal fraud.</p>

REPEATING HISTORY IN CA 10/4/03 MARK A SITY Let me first start this by saying “THANKS ED”, since in WI we have Ed Thompson to thank for splitting our vote and giving us Bingo Jim Doyle as a governor. Our acting governor lost the election by 3%, in large part because Ed took 10% of the vote. True, at least half of his vote was to support gambling, and maybe we’d have lost anyway. But the fact remains that we have a Socialist in the Governor’s mansion today. In IL they can say “thanks Cal”. In 1996 we all could...

<p>LOS ANGELES — Democrats found themselves jockeying for position in California's recall election as the animosity betweeen Gov. Gray Davis (search) and Lt. Gov Cruz Bustamante (search) bubbled to the surface on Tuesday.</p> <p>While much of the spat was conducted behind closed doors, accusations from each that the other was dragging down the party threatened to undermine party unity in the drive to keep control of the governor's office.</p>

<p>Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante got credit but did not have to attend a basic speech class at Fresno State in the late 1990s because a professor decided in 15 minutes or less that the Fresno Democrat would have earned at least a C based on his public utterances.</p>

<p>Hey, get this...I want to talk about this Wednesday’s debate for governor in the once great state of California. Lets take a quick look at the racing form.</p> <p>Schmooze Bustamante. Schmooze is in more hip pockets than a watch on a chain. He didn’t really swallow his medicine, but he at least appeared to wash it around in his mouth at a couple of junctures when painted into a culpable corner, before spitting it out when the audience was being upbraided by the whiny moderator for the umpteenth time.</p>

Now look who's hiding special-interest donations Fri Sep 26, 6:36 AM ET California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante wanted to raise money quickly for the state's gubernatorial-recall election this fall. So his campaign found a way for Indian casinos, labor unions and other special-interest donors to get around the state's $21,000 limit on individual contributions. Almost immediately, however, the media and Bustamante's election rivals were able to detect the ploy. The reason: California's strict requirements for prompt disclosure of political giving. On Monday, a judge ordered more than $4 million of the donations returned. The timely exposure of other special-interest contributions...

ALERT! Here are the new tv ads that my cohorts at the Recall Gray Davis Committee just completed. They begin running on Tuesday of next week. The ads feature not just Gray Davis, but more importantly, Cruz Bustamante, reminding viewers that "Cruz Bustamante is just another shade of Gray." CLICK HERE to SEE THE TV ADS Let's hope that voters choose to dump Gray Davis and realize that Cruz Bustamante is not an acceptable alternative whatsoever. Any feedback or comments? Praise and compliments always welcome

The Arnold Choice Arnold Schwarzenegger, the liberal "Republican" gubernatorial candidate, must bow out of the CA Recall Race. Schwarzenegger is splitting the GOP vote. Schwarzenegger is not only splitting the GOP vote, but he's also a self-described "liberal" on social issues and a self-apparent waffler on fiscal issues. What's more, Schwarzenegger's sexual escapades rival even those of the promiscuous and rapacious Bill Clinton. A few good examples of what's wrong with Schwarzenegger are as follows: He dubbed supporters of Proposition 54, the "color-blind" referendum which would prevent the state government from collecting racial data, as "right-wing crazies." As columnist Vox...

Brother Hugh, some news. John Eastman, a professor of law at Chapman University and a frequent guest on your radio program, has just brought to my attention a poll that will interest you. Commissioned by the Lincoln Club of Orange County, the poll includes the following results: If Arnold Schwarzenegger found himself in a head-to-head race against Cruz Bustamante--that is, in effect, if Tom McClintock dropped out of the race--then Schwarzenegger would win, 44 to 37 percent. But if Tom McClintock found himself in a head-to-head race against Cruz Bustamante--that is, in effect, if Schwarzenegger dropped out of the race--then...

Guarded by hundreds of armed rebels deep in a malaria-infested jungle, three American captives pass the time playing with a homemade deck of cards and dreaming of their families. The threat of death always hangs nearby. The three U.S. military contractors have been cut off from the outside world since their capture by rebels seven months ago. That isolation was broken when a Colombian journalist traveled for days over rough roads and jungle rivers with a rebel escort to interview them July 25 in remote southern Colombia. "They were nervous, and there were traces of fear on their faces," freelance...

California Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante is the front-running Democratic candidate to replace incumbent Gray Davis should Davis be recalled. What should concern Californians is that he was a member of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) as a student at Fresno State University. MEChA is a radical, violent exponent of "La Reconquista" — the "re-conquest" of the southwestern United States (which it calls Aztlan) by people of Mexican descent. The group’s constitution explains that "general membership shall consist of any student who accepts, believes and works for the goals and objectives of MEChA, including the liberation of Aztlan, meaning...

Schwarzenegger unveils political reform plan By Adam Tanner, Reuters SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - As a court across town examined his main Democratic rival's campaign finances, California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger called for reforms Thursday that could put politicians in jail for currently acceptable campaign finance practices. "The people of this state do not trust their government," he said in front of a 19th century locomotive in the state railroad museum. "They feel it is corrupted by dirty money, closed doors and backroom deals." "They see contributions go in, the favors go out, and the people are punished with wasteful spending...

The following is but a portion of Cruz Bustamante's plan: “McClintock” phone calls to Republicans The phone calls that have been received by Republicans throughout the State bashing Arnold were not put out by the McClintock campaign. The end message of the pre-recorded phone call says that it was paid for by the California Republican Assembly Independent Expenditure Committee. The attack ad against Arnold Schwarzenegger was a poorly conceived attempt by the CRA to “help” Tom McClintock. Even my own wife thought she would not want to vote for McClintock because of “his” attack on Arnold. What is important here...

In Los Angeles, (R)nold Inc. swooped into the Grand Old Party's Political Convention hurling conservative-tested, establishment-approved rhetoric with all the force of Hurricane Isabel. In partisan theaters across town, Democrat politicians were also being featured. In "Once upon a time in Mexico", Cruz Bustamente could be seen delivering another re-invented campaign theme: Go Slow on MEChA, Vote Yes for Bustamente!

         Dear Recall Supporters, There are some jaw-dropping developments in the recall campaign. The anti-recall effort, which is urging a “NO” vote on the recall has now raised over $13,813,679.00!! Yes – you read that correctly – the “NO on RECALL” forces have now raised almost $14 MILLION !! You are never going to believe some of the companies you patronize or own stock in that are contributing millions of dollars to defeat the people’s recall campaign. Below is a list of the leading committees who are fighting the recall. In some cases the tactics have...

******KF Global Exclusive******Arnold's Home Repairs:

Uberroth to drop out Press Conference at 1:00 today...(as Drudge would say...developing...)

Bet Bustamante. That's the advice of Las Vegas oddsmakers, who predict California voters will recall Gov. Gray Davis and replace him with the state's No. 2 man. America's Line gives Lt. Gov Cruz Bustamante 4-5 odds, meaning he is so likely to win that a gambler who wagers $5 on him would win only $4. Even money is on Arnold Schwarzenegger, but nowhere near the 7-5 odds he enjoyed before he skipped last week's candidates' debate. State Sen. Tom McClintock is a 20-1 pick, followed by commentator Arianna Huffington, 30-1; former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, 40-1; and Green Party candidate...

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 11:00 p.m. EDT Claremont President: McClintock Can Win The head of California's leading conservative think tanks says Republican Tom McClintock could win California's special election set for Oct. 7. Brian Kennedy, president of the Claremont Institute, told Fox News on Sunday that while McClintock remains a "long shot," he also has been a "conservative hero for many years" and that he will get a significant portion of the vote. Kennedy said Schwarzenegger has yet to connect with the Reagan voters who make up the Republican party. He added that actor Schwarzenegger "made a mistake" not appearing...