The Late Laughing Liberal Molly Ivins on Rick Perry

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Molly Ivins was a popular humorist, liberal columnist and a Texan, and she knew Texas governor and now GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry well. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Straw Poll Winner: Obama

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 16, 2011 The Iowa Straw Poll has shifted the GOP contest sharply to the right. This may fire up the Republican base, but it may also turn off independents who have made clear their distaste for uncompromising partisanship. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bachmann Makes Hay in Iowa

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2011 Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann beat out other Republicans to win the Iowa straw poll in Ames on Saturday, receiving 4,823 of the nearly 17,000 votes cast. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gov. Perry Makes It Official (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2011 Texas Gov. Rick Perry officially announced his candidacy for president on Saturday, drawing attention away from the straw poll in Ames, Iowa, set to take place just hours later. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Moody Markets, London’s Burning, GOP Debate

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2011 Do legislators really have economic recovery in mind? Also, what's with the U.K. riots? Plus, eight GOP presidential candidates were in Iowa this week, so who is the front-runner? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rick Perry to Run for President Starting This Weekend

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2011 The Texas governor will almost certainly launch a broadside against current GOP front-runner Mitt Romney this weekend when he takes the wraps off his campaign for president. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Careful What You Pray For, Texas

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2011 Texas is suffering through one of the worst droughts in the state's history, and things have gotten so bad that news of a tropical storm -- that thing just below a hurricane on the bad-weather scale -- is being greeted with cautious optimism. Texas Gov. Rick Perry named three days in April "Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas." (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Deep in the Heart of Texas’ Drug Trade

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2011 Texas Gov. Rick Perry points to his hyper pro-business policies to explain the fact that 37 percent of the nation's new jobs created over the last two years were in his state. New York magazine has another suggestion though: the region's multibillion-dollar drug trade. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Death Penalty and the Costs of an Obsession

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 11, 2011 The unseemly love affair of some American politicians with the death penalty is bad for justice and bad for our country's standing in the world. It inflicts a wholly unnecessary moral stain on a nation that rightly preaches the rule of law to everyone else. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Perry Still Pondering 2012 Run

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2011 We don't have the full picture yet on the lineup of candidates revving up to race for the White House in 2012, even from the GOP camp, which has already kicked into high campaigning gear A certain governor of a big state (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gingrich’s Campaign Gets Up and Walks Away

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2011 In a bizarre political development, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has been abandoned by his entire executive staff, including his campaign manager, chief strategist, spokesman and the directors of his Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina campaigns. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )