Important Links

National Democratic Party Links

National Democratic Party
Democratic Party Agenda
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senate Campaign Committee

Texas/Local Democratic Links

Texas Government Information

Texas Legislature
State of Texas Information
Texas Secretary of State
Window on State Government, maintained by state Comptroller's office.
Local Government Assistance section of the Window on State Government. Contains information on local offices and elections including JP and Sheriff and budgeting manuals for Texas towns and cities.
Collin County Home Page (with link to election commission)
Collin County Commissioners Court Redistricting Page, with new district maps for all elected offices.
City of Plano Home Page

U. S. Government Information

Thomas - U. S. Congress on the Internet
The White House NEW
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Library of Congress
Federal Election Commission

Miscellaneous Links--commentary and background, Republicans, third parties.

Politics 1 -- List of Texas Candidates.
Register Five Democrats: an organization devoted to registering more Democrats to vote.
Project Vote Smart
League of Women Voters Guides for United States, including Texas (Non-partisan Election Guide)
General Introduction to Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal--what the Republicans are trying to undo.
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society speech
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Republican Party Platform 2008 Read between the lines and notice what is not there. For example, notice how social security "reform" will include the "opportunity" to "freely choose personal savings accounts." To see what the national party knows better than to say openly, look at the Texas Republican Party platform.
Texas Republican Party Platform, 2008 There are a few ideas Democrats agree with, and some we think address real issues but in a way that will not work. There are also ideas that attack fundamental American values like the right to a fair trial and the whole common-law system of law developing through precedent, separation of religion from government, and the obligation to provide public education with a fact-based, practical, curriculum. And there are many ideas that seem to address issues or problems that are are either very seriously misunderstood or not real at all.
Texas Republican Party Platform 2004 You can only read the preamble on the web. For the rest, which is where the really strange stuff is, you have to download it.
Compare the above with the Republican platform of 1872