{"id":3407,"date":"2012-11-27T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2012-11-27T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T11:18:52","slug":"texans-have-secession-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3407","title":{"rendered":"Texans have ‘secession fever’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Move over, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” The Lone Star state has a new favorite bumper sticker and it’s a simple one-worder: “Secede.” Yes, it appears that “secession fever,” as some columnists are calling it, has taken over the red-leaning state following the post-election petitions\u00a0\u2014 and sales of the stickers are just one sign. Among others, a perennial GOP candidate named Larry Scott Kilgore has announced he’s running for governor and will legally change his name to Larry SECEDE Kilgore \u2014 yes, with\u00a0“secede” in all-caps. His web page also declares, “Secession! All other issues can be dealt with later.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile former Florida governor Jeb Bush met Monday with a group of his former staffers at the J. W. Marriott hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the White House. Bush, a potential 2016 presidential contender, spent an hour in the hotel\u2019s Cannon room, reminiscing and entertaining questions about his political future.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with NRO, Bush did not rule out a presidential run. \u201cI am here to catch up with folks and promote education reform,\u201d he said, smiling.<\/p>\n

When asked again whether he will issue a Sherman-type statement about his future, Bush remained coy. \u201cWe have an alumni group that I like keeping in touch with,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m here to focus on educational reform, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to tell people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neil Newhouse, Mitt Romney\u2019s campaign pollster, was at the meeting, as were several veteran Florida operatives.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Bush will host a national summit on education reform. Education secretary Arne Duncan, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, and Indiana governor Mitch Daniels will speak at the event.<\/p>\n

Will Jeb be the man to stay in the Union? -msn.com\/nationalreview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Move over, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” The Lone Star state has a new favorite bumper sticker and it’s a simple one-worder: “Secede.” Yes, it appears that “secession fever,” as some columnists are calling it, has taken over the red-leaning state following the post-election petitions\u00a0\u2014 and sales of the stickers are just one sign. Among … Continue reading “Texans have ‘secession fever’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2239,2236,2238,2237,2235,2158,2234],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-bush-iii","tag-independance","tag-jeb-bush","tag-larry-secede-kilgore","tag-secede","tag-secession","tag-texas"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/texsecede.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions\/3410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}