Political Sense

deciphering the mumbo jumbo one legislator at a time

about

Political updates and insights by those in the middle of it.


Brought to you by Vision Fort Worth.

Archive for March, 2009

POLL: President’s Report Card

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

I’m sure many of you watched the President’s news conference on Tuesday night.
If you watched it, how would you grade Obama on the conference overall?

Click here to submit your grade

If you didn’t watch it, here are some links to check out:

White House blog with full-length video by whitehouse.gov
Full text of Barack Obama news conference posted [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

The Star-Telegram included a story about beer legislation in their business section on Monday. A video of Rahr is included.

Read original “Last Call” post
Read Star-Telegram story

Read the rest of this entry »

The Shifting Lobby

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

It used to be that you only had to lobby legislators to get things done at the state and federal levels of government (with a little interim work at the agencies for rulemaking). Not so anymore. Watch the way the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) will shift lobbying practices from the halls of the [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

POLL RESULTS: Top Legislative Issues

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

The results are in and the top 3 issues Political Sense readers are interested in are:
1. Economic Development
2. Local (Fort Worth and Tarrant)
3. Job Creation

Multiple responses were permitted.

The results aren’t too surprising considering the current economic times. What do you think about these results? If you responded to the poll, did the results fall in [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Scratching your head?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Getting a little confused with all the stimulus package talk? We’re here to help.
HowCast.com has published a simple video to explain.
(click here for the transcript)

What do you think about it?

Read the rest of this entry »