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Episode 101: Rick v. Kay v. Carole

Rick Perry

Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Carole Keeton Strayhorn: one is the governor and the other two might like his job.

We cover their early maneuvering and how it might affect the Legislature this year.

View video from the show.

Panelists:

Harvey Kronberg
Harvey Kronberg is the publisher and editor of the Quorum Report. QR
is an online news source publishing news about state government and politics in real time. Kronberg started as a contract writer in 1989 and bought
the publication in 1998 at which point it was transformed from a biweekly
print publication to an online news service.

Ross Ramsey
Ross Ramsey is the editor of Texas Weekly, the premier newsletter on government and politics in the Lone Star State.

Before taking the reins at Texas Weekly in September 1998, Ramsey was Associate Deputy Comptroller for Policy with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He also did time as the agency's Director of Communications and as Executive Assistant to then-Comptroller John Sharp. Prior to that 28-month stint in government, Ramsey spent 17 years in journalism, reporting for The Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Times Herald and, as a Dallas-based freelance business writer, for a number of regional and national magazines and newspapers.

He also worked for seven years in broadcasting, covering news for radio stations in Denton and Dallas. Texas Weekly, now celebrating its 21st year of continuous publication, has become a favored and trusted source of information for Texas officeholders, lobbyists, political financiers, reporters and other political junkies from Humble, Texas, to the White House.

Wayne Slater
Wayne Slater is Senior Political Writer for The Dallas Morning News. He was appointed to his new position after serving 15 years as Austin bureau chief for The News. In his new assignment, he will continue traveling extensively to cover national and state politics. He has appeared on numerous network television shows and is co-author of The New York Times best seller, Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, published by John Wiley & Sons.

Slater has reported on a variety of political and public figures, including Pope John Paul II and Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and both George Bushes. He traveled for 16 months full-time covering the presidential campaign of George W. Bush. He has covered every Republican and Democratic national convention since 1988, seven sessions of the Texas Legislature and the administrations of Texas Govs. Bill Clements, Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry. He has appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s Crossfire and Inside Politics, ABC’s Nightline and Good Morning America, C-Span, National Public Radio and Fox News’ The Beltway Boys and The O’Reilly Factor. He was also featured in the film documentary about the 2000 Bush presidential campaign, Journeys with George, which appeared on HBO. His book, Bush’s Brain, has been made into a feature documentary.

He began his journalism career as a reporter with the Parkersburg (W.Va.) Sentinel. Before joining The News, Slater worked for the Associated Press in West Virginia, Kansas, Illinois and Colorado.

He earned an undergraduate degree at West Virginia University and attended graduate school in journalism at Ohio University. He is married and has one son.

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