Texas Governor Gives Enthusiastic Endorsement to Supporters at Cruz Rally in Houston
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and hundreds of enthusiastic supporters today at a rally in Houston.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and hundreds of enthusiastic supporters today at a rally in Houston.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is coming off his performance in the first debate strong, barnstorming through the American southeast to sold out crowds filled with overwhelmingly enthusiastic supporters riding a grassroots wave of energy through the month of August.

As former Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) prepares to launch his second presidential campaign, the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) could very well be a do-or-die moment for him, as he seeks to reconnect with grassroots conservatives who are concerned he is out-of-step with their views on issues like immigration and border security. During the past month, Perry has made comments that indicate he may be taking a more moderate path than in 2012, putting him at odds with the traditionally conservative CPAC audience.

As Republicans of all stripes and the main-stream media are predicting that Jeb Bush’s support for the Common Core standards will be among his greatest obstacles to a potential 2016 GOP nomination, Bush himself went off-script during remarks at the Detroit Economic Club Wednesday, emotionally defending the highly unpopular education initiative and his own education reform record.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has one key advantage over his potential rivals in the 2016 presidential race who shared the stage with him during the 2012 primaries: he is the only remaining contender not in debt.

For several weeks now, the mainstream Jurassic media has been up to their old psychological warfare tricks, and naturally, the Republican establishment is falling for it hard. They always do, and this includes “the architect,” Karl Rove. This time it’s
