Page Two: Balancing Act

Several tiny steps in search of a dance to winter – and a dance toward launching into reverie

"...center of my opposition is as much about one-party dominance as it is anything else...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Steal This Movie!

"...(nominating a pig to the presidency at the 1968 Democratic convention one of the more potent examples). During these..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Everybody Plays the Fool

Neither party is sainted, and dominance tends to encourage the worst of political habits

"...into prominence. The origin of these ideas – Republican, Democratic, Independent, the people – does not lend them a..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Louis Black

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Hillary Clinton of New..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: The Art of the Possible

A few thoughts on Texas Democratic prospects

"...Any lessons to be learned from last week's Democratic primary run-offs?..."

June 1, 2018 News Column by Michael King

County Party Chairs

Thumbnail sketches of the county chair candidates

"...stepping down. Chris Elliot has led the Travis County Democratic Party for six years, and Alan Sager has headed..."

Feb. 26, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Party Chairs

Grassroots vs. Technology; and Modernization vs. the Grassroots

"...Andy Brown and Fidel Acevedo are familiar figures in Democratic politics, as both have unsuccessfully run for office here..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Aleshire vs. Oden

Behind the scenes in county politics

"...The names on the Democratic primary ballot for Travis Co. tax assessor-collector are officially..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

Soul Searching

Asleep at the Switch

"...speaking, for over a hundred years, according to State Democratic Chair Molly Beth Malcolm, a former Republican who switched..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...bums out" – we briefly considered endorsing a straight-ticket Democratic vote, something we generally avoid. The overwhelming dominance of..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...bums out" – we briefly considered endorsing a straight-ticket Democratic vote, something we generally avoid. The overwhelming dominance of..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...bums out" – we briefly considered endorsing a straight-ticket Democratic vote, something we generally avoid. The overwhelming dominance of..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Slay the Dragon

Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back

"...opening years of the 21st century have seen the dominance of the Republican Party in America because their strategists..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

The House Democrats' walkout was their best option in light of Republicans' vicious and highly partisan day in the sun; ending The Chronicle Hour quiets the right-wing voices in our head.

"...on my part: The reason is, after the long Democratic political dominance, those who support Democrats for their policy..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Louis Black

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...Its roots are really in Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party, and it ends obviously with the Bushes and..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Big Wounds, Small Comforts

The early lessons of a backlash election

"...a public official. Bill White and a brace of Democratic ex-legislators may be taking a deep breath – if..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Letters @ 3AM

Europe, Russia, and China can help install a new administration in the White House in 2008 by refusing to bail out Bush on his Iraq misadventure now.

"...intended an Iraq blitzkrieg that would assure its complete dominance of the Middle East quickly, so that it could..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...Bush – but they also preferred their (usually conservative) Democratic congressmen. (Polls also showed that most Texans of either..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

Contemplating the devastating effects of redistricting on democracy and the transformational effects of knowing Ondine and Ed Lowry.

"...is the deliberate, ongoing, partisan dissection of the core democratic nervous system of electoral politics (a process that demands..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 2 general election

"...state senator, District 14 – before they recognize a Democratic candidate (Kirk Watson), likely to be re-elected. Below Watson,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

The March Primaries and After: The Filing Report

Flurry of last-minute filings

"...– have entered the fray to take on the Democratic county dominance...."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...David Cobb, or Libertarian Michael Badnarik. But under GOP dominance Texas has suffered badly, and in the last two..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

Page Two

Understanding the Iraq invasion the Socratic way

"...end result of the invasion will be a moderate, democratically elected Iraqi government...."

June 25, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Of Cabbages and Kings

Thoughts on the Constitution, Part I

"...Still, a representative democratic republic is nothing so much as a pendulum swinging,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The Message

Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle

"...It was obvious to Rove that party, and party dominance, was always more important than ideology and philosophy. His..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Putting a Lid on Leininger

House members push for limits on millionaire campaign donations

"...April 17. Still, more than a dozen Republican and Democratic legislators have endorsed a bill filed last Thursday that..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

The touchy, touch Republicans have become the party of make-believe

"...governmental power. Even accepting the ridiculous myth of liberal dominance of American media, culture, and politics (denying a reality..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The Planned Parenthood construction boycott is thuggery, pure and simple; conservatives' hysteria about Bush-bashing is ahistorical and largely fantasy-based.

"...is not pro-life, nor pro-anything. It is anti-women, anti-religious-freedom, anti-democratic, and anti-choice not simply in terms of reproductive rights..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Ralph Nader's stubborn refusal to acknowledge any difference between the Republican and Democratic political platforms cost the Democrats the election.

"...Clinton in '92, because Clinton's ineptitude had handed congressional dominance to Newt Gingrich's Republicans, whereas Bush Sr. would probably..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

A recap of how the Democrats and Republicans fared in this year's state legislative elections.

"...16--15, although they could not take out District 3 Democratic incumbent David Cain. And in Staples' open District 11..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

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