Harvey Kronberg

Patrick and Burrows are split on the challenge faced by House Republicans. And even though the Democratic brand is badly broken, punishing them may very well help Talarico and make Speaker Burrows re-election effort more difficult Although there are still a little more than 200 days until the midterm elections, by most accounts it looks like a bad year for Republicans. The debate is no longer how few Democratic gains there will be in the Texas House but how many.

The GOP playbook for the last 25 years includes campaigning on a number of fronts but closing the sale with culture war issues at the end of the election.

The initial fundraiser reached its goals but of course the true expense of sustained health care after an accident is much more I am happy to report that we exceeded our initial goals in raising money to help veteran Davey Joe Montgomery cover his hospital bills.However, as anyone who has dealt with long term hospital and rehab care knows, our initial goal did not begin to cover the true expense.