DeLay’s Strategy: Polarize Texas Politics

DeLay’s Strategy: Polarize Texas Politics

Mary Mata November 29, 2010

The conviction of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the afternoon before Thanksgiving Day sent shock waves through the national political scene. News reports seemed unanimous in reporting that DeLay […]

VIDEO: Carlos Guerra on Tom DeLay’s Conviction

Mary Mata

NewsTaco’s Carlos Guerra gave his take on the Tom DeLay conviction, what it means for the future of partisan politics, but mostly what it’s meant for Texas. The effects of […]

Electoral Repercussions: GOP Redistricting

Mary Mata November 22, 2010

You knew it was coming, and, now it’s here:  Gerrymandering time! The GOP is set to control much of the redistricting for future electoral boundaries all over the country, The Washington […]

GOP Going After Birthright Citizenship

Mary Mata

Oh geez, one of the cornerstones of the American way of life — birthright citizenship, that crazy thing the government did way back in 1868 via the 14th Amendment after […]

Ask a Mexican vs. Tom Tancredo

Mary Mata November 18, 2010

In something that seems to be right out of a post-modern “Twilight Zone,” Gustavo Arellano of the “Ask a Mexican” column that appears in alternative weeklies across the country and […]