Texas Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, new chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has come out gunning for Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid.

Politico reported Cornyn saying:

Casino gambling is being considered to revive Galveston's economy. Growing up in Mississippi I saw what the casino industry did to revive Biloxi Mississippi. According to the Houston Chronicle, casino gambling contributed $22.5 million to the city of  Biloxi in fiscal year 2008.

Looking through the recently-released Hill Research Consultants’ statewide survey of 636 Texas voters, “Beyond Bush: Texas Republicans in an Obama Era   can make a good Republican pretty depressed.

This was a statewide survey of registered voters. With Democrats making steady gains elsewhere, will it happen in Texas as well? It has and it will.

On Thursday the Houston Chronicle reported the tragedy of Kristen Dewald:

...but I had no idea how awesome.

The Texas Insider explains why even during this economic slowdown, Texas continues strong growth and employment. Did you know these interesting tidbits?

*If Texas were a nation (and let's face it, it should be) it would be 12th largest economy in the world.

We are all familiar with the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950's. Wikipedia defines it like this:

Hey, it could happen:

via The Travis Monitor

In part:

Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union . (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848.)

So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?

On November 19th the State Board of Education met in Austin. One of the items on the agenda was allowing public testimony about the science standards or TEKS. The Chron's commons live blogged the event here.