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Gail Collins Explains Texas’ Outsize Influence on American Politics

As the saying goes, “Everything’s bigger in Texas.” In her new book, “As Texas Goes…,”  Gail Collins,  author and op-ed columnist for our partner The New York Times,  discovers that this statement also applies to the Lonestar State’s influence on American politics. Collins attended a Tea Party rally with Governor Rick Perry in 2009 and watched attendees wave […]

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