Cruz Wins Texas Senate Runoff

Up the Establishment!

Tea Party v. Establishment in Texas Today

Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, 41, is the candidate for the Republican nomination for US Senate of the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, and the tea party.  Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, a Texas oilman with deep pockets, is his establishment supported opponent.    This is Texas, so the Republican primary winner will in all probability win the seat.  Here is the complete story.

In May Dewhurst beat Cruz 45% to 35% in a 4-way contest but fell short of the 50% he needed to avoid a runoff. 

Yesterday, a poll taken over the weekend was released that showed Cruz leading Dewhurst by 10 points.

The runoff is today.  You'll want to pay attention tonight.

Registered vs. Likely Voter Polls; The Undecided

Here is Jay Cost, election analyst formerly for RealClearPolitics.com and now for The Weekly Standard, showing that there is a 2.5% oversampling of Democrats in the registered voter polls.

Since party self-identification predicts presidential preference at about the 90% level, that implies a 2.3% excess preference for Obama in registered voter polls today.

Trashing the Dream -- Part V

Here is another excellent analysis of Obama's you-didn't-build-it speech.  Vince Carroll of the Denver Post asks why, if he doesn't hate entrepreneurs, does he keep acting like he does?

Who Invented the Internet? [Trashing the Dream -- Part IV]

Who invented the Internet? 

It wasn't the government.  It was a company whose name starts with an "X."

Gordon Crovitz explains it all for you here.

The Road to Freedom... and Prosperity

Arthur C. Brooks is President of the American Enterprise Institute, and author of The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise, the incredibly important theme of which you can learn about in the short video here.

After you watch it, do what my brother recommended when he sent it to me.  Send it to everybody you know.  To quote brother Bob, "No.  Really.  Do it."

Trashing the Dream -- Part III

Thanks to my brother for this video from Bill Whittle.

Obama knows "you didn't build that," because he didn't build most of his own personal successes.