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10/10/2008Editorial: We recommend Barton, Marchant, Sessions for U.S. House
In District 6, Joe Barton's style concerns us, but he's the best overall candidate. In District 24, Kenny Marchant is the kind of effective leader who quietly works with colleagues, no matter their party. In District 32, Pete Sessions is showing signs of moving to the political center. Editorial: We recommend John Cornyn for U.S. Senate
Democrat Rick Noriega conveys obstructionist tendencies on key issues while offering unconvincing solutions. By contrast, John Cornyn is senatorial in every respect: congenial, deliberative and authoritative on topics from immigration to Iraq or the ongoing financial crisis. Editorial: Incomplete grade on merit pay
Texas has invested more than any other state in the strategy of paying incentives to teachers to get more out of their students. It's an educational theory worth pursuing. It's also one that needs better execution. Editorial: Miklos mailings misrepresent Anderson
Texas House candidate Robert Miklos of Mesquite has soiled his candidacy with deceitful tactics involving the name of this newspaper, creating a false impression of what his opponent, Mike Anderson, told this editorial board. Editorial: Indignity of AIG's tax-funded spa days
Evidence of a shifting cultural ground is the intense anger over the news that insurance giant AIG blew nearly a half-million bucks at a fancy resort â€“ just days after taxpayers saved the company from bankruptcy with its own $85 billion government bailout. Editorial: Hits and Misses
Thoughtful commentary disguised as snap judgments on a bigger, better Cotton Bowl, a senator with an eye to the future and what went around coming around. 10/09/2008Editorial: We recommend Johnson for U.S. House
In the 3rd Congressional District, Sam Johnson has developed the seniority on the House Ways and Means Committee to become a serious player on economic issues. In District 4, unfortunately, we found all candidates lacking. Editorial: Administration's Guantánamo defeat
Rarely has the detention of individuals at Guantánamo Bay seemed as blatantly unconstitutional as in the case of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held there since 2002. A federal judge this week correctly ruled that their indefinite detention is unjustified and unlawful. 10/08/2008Editorial: We recommend Lowell Cannaday for sheriff
Had Dallas County voters known in 2004 that their jails would fail the next four state inspections, would they have chosen untested Lupe Valdez as sheriff? Now that they do know, they should end her tenure and elect experienced police commander Lowell Cannaday. Editorial: Nov. 4 is not anti-Bush referendum
This is not a vote to punish President Bush and those Republicans and, yes, Democrats who once supported him. This is about America's future and the best candidate to lead us through the extremely tough challenges ahead. 10/07/2008Editorial: Town hall debate settles little
Both candidates could have offered more on the economy, but John McCain was more specific on entitlements. He even conceded that Congress can't keep paying benefits at the same rates as for today's retirees. Few candidates would admit that. Editorial: Cleaning up Irving
With all due respect to the men and women who wear the badge in Irving today, cleaning up a town is infinitely more complicated these days. Even so, Irving City Council members have assigned police the duty of deciding, in certain cases, who can stay and who must go. Editorial: Drug money worsens Afghan problems
America's war effort depends on our ability to cut off funding to the Taliban. Wiping out Afghanistan's opium is essential. But it must be accompanied by viable programs that ensure peasant farmers aren't rendered destitute and, therefore, easy recruitment targets. 10/06/2008Editorial: Obama, McCain must have the guts to tell truth
It is nothing short of appalling that both presidential candidates and their running mates have repeatedly ducked direct debate questions asking them to name specific spending cuts they would make in light of the $700 billion the bailout would add to the federal deficit. Editorial: Welcome help for DISD finances
We support the plan for business leaders to assist in doing what DISD seems incapable of on its own â€“ putting its financial and management houses in order. But looking back is only the first step toward trying to make sure that something like this never happens again. 09/02/2008Editorial: We recommend Adams, Lewis, Creuzot in Criminal District Court
Democrat Don Adams has been an effective and fair judge in this court; even his Republican opponent agrees. ... Gracie Lewis earns our nod based on 13 years of juvenile bench experience and passion for the law ... John Creuzot has earned a national reputation as an innovator who brings an approach that is both fair and creative to the courtroom. Editorial: Republicans lag among Latinos
John McCain can hardly afford a huge drop-off among Latino voters. That this dramatic decline appears wrapped up in the immigration debate makes it an ironic, unfair blow. 10/08/2008Editorial board recommendations for 2008 election
Links to all Dallas Morning News editorial board election recommendations published to date for the Nov. 4 election. (Early voting begins Oct. 20.)