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The Big Red Tent Team (i.e. Ryan and I) will be at the Texas Republican Straw Poll, live blogging the event Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. If you're going to be there, leave a comment in this post and let us know.

Will Ron Paul run away with it and win his home state's Straw Poll? Ryan thinks so, but we'll have to wait until Saturday to find out.

Check back with Big Red Tent this weekend for Texas Republican Straw Poll coverage!

The Ron Paul grassroots network is making extensive use of the Internet to drive straw poll delegates to Fort Worth this weekend. It could be the decisive factor in his favor.

The Politico has an article about the challenge Cornyn will face among the Hispanic community in Texas during his 08 re-election effort: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5364.html

R.G. Ratcliffe posts a piece from The Hill, an inside the beltway newspaper for Capitol Hill, that questions whether Watts is ready for prime time.

http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2007/07/rothen...

Despite Rodriguez’s eight percentage point victory, Larson contends the district - which stretches from San Antonio to El Paso - remains winnable for the GOP, especially with the concentration of votes in his North Side stronghold.

“It looks like it’s still a Republican district if you get the vote out,” said Larson, the lone Republican on the Commissioners Court. “This is one that was lost that never should’ve been lost to the Democratic Party.”

The 47-year-old Larson said he’ll meet with leaders in the 20-county district, gauge how much financial support he could get, and decide whether to run within eight months.

For all those interested, I just heard from my County Chairman that Former Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) is coming to Houston on Wednesday, July 25.

Dallas Morning News on Monday gave Dem challenger Noriega a soapbox while barely mentioning Mikal Watts. In the same article, they also write up the launch of the statewide Republican effort Texas Victory 2008.