Texas: Barack Obama

This is why we need health care reform:

Kelly Luther of Alvin Texas, age 28, is a single mother of a daughter who is seven and two sons who are six and four. She has insurance and stage two cervical cancer, but can't afford the $5000 deductible that Clear Lake Hospital has demanded to be paid in full.

And it get's worse. From the Alvin Sun:
Luther has contacted the offices of State Representatives and State Senators, Governor Rick Perry’s office, United States Senators and United States Representatives as well as President Barack Obama’s office in order to find a solution. To date, she has received no help.

And the gop wonders why they have become the minority party?

Republican strategist Ron Christie told CNN’s John Roberts that a Republican staffer in Tennessee should be fired for sending an email depicting President Barack Obama as white eyes on a black background.

Many are upset that Sherri Goforth, an aide to state Sen. Diane Black (R-Gallatin), was only given a written rebuke for forwarding a picture from her statehouse account that depicted all the presidents but included President Obama perceptible as only a pair of googly cartoonish white eyes.
I mean what does it take to get thrown out of the republican party? If sending a racist picture doesn't get you out the door, what do they have to do? Have an affair? Have sex with a hooker? Have an unwed pregnant 17 year old? Or how about being indicted for money laundering?

Oh....damn. Never mind.

As KT noted earlier, former State Representative and Commander in U.S. Navy Juan Garcia has been tapped by President Barack Obama to become the next Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Since Garcia will be the second Texan to be nominated for a Senate confirmable position (Ron Kirk was the first), there should some dissemination what this position involves, and how Garcia fits.

This is a position rich in history. Previous individuals who have served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy include Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and more recently the current U.S. Senator for Virginia, James

In a rematch of a race for a seat on the Democratic National Committee at last summer's State Democratic Convention, Roslyn "Roz" Shorter will challenge incumbent Houston City Council Member Sue Lovell for the City's At Large Position 2.

Isiah Carey's InSite blog has more.
You may remember Shorter as the local woman chosen by the Barack Obama camp to get the Houston audience hyped when then Seantor Obama made a campaign stop in the Bayou City.  Shorter now says she's already to take on sitting Houston City Council Member Sue Lovell. Shorter says At-Large Position 2 is perfect for what she wants to do and she's willing to do serious battle with Lovell to take the spot.