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The scholars and wordsmiths at the Department of Homeland Security leave everyone who aspires to good citizenship speechless.

Some of the wordsmiths put together a manual for agents who track the Internet, looking for evildoers and those who aspire to evildoing. Those agents are assigned to pick up suspicious ...

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The scholars and wordsmiths at the Department of Homeland Security leave everyone who aspires to good citizenship speechless.

Some of the wordsmiths put together a manual for agents who track the Internet, looking for evildoers and those who aspire to evildoing. Those agents are assigned to pick up suspicious ...

Update 10:00PM Not too shocking, but Mitt Romney officially clinched the Republican nomination today as he has over 70% of the vote in the Texas primary tonight. Meanwhile, the hotly-contested US Senate race might be headed towards a runoff as leading candidate David Dewhurst is about 2.5 percentage points short of the outright majority needed to win the nomination.

Update 8:30PM Before results start to come in heavy, here is a reminder of who is supporting whom in the Republican US Senate Primary. Ted Cruz support reads likes a tea party national convention, with support from Sarah Palin, Pat Toomey, Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, the Tea Party Express, and Freedom Works. Cruz's more establishment opponent, frontrunner David Dewhurst, has the backing of Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee, Michael Reagan, James Inhofe, and a load of statewide special interest groups and associations. The special interest group support is a good indicator of which group is a little softer when it comes to the taxpayer's money.

Today marks the second of three "Tea Party Primaries to Watch" as Ted Cruz aims for the US Senate seat in Texas. "Texas is one of those states, unlike Massachusetts, where nominating the best conservative possible will almost always lead to a good outcome. Thanks to a strong Republican electorate, the eventual GOP nominee will almost certainly win in November. With longtime moderate and establishment Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison finally retiring, the tea party has a great opportunity to widen their ranks in the US Senate."

There may be no outright winner tonight as a candidate must win 50%+1 to avoid a runoff and secure the nomination.The tea party took their first victory, as Richard Mourdock defeated incumbent Republican Richard Lugar in the Indiana US Senate primary. In a more unexpected victory (the race didn't even make our "must watch list"), Deb Fischer stole a victory in Nebraska for the open US Senate seat. A Sarah Palin endorsement helped launch that victory in Nebraska, and the former VP has also put her voice behind Cruz.

Also in Texas, former railroad commissioner and tea party favorite Michael Williams has a shot to win the nomination for a congressional seat.

Stay tuned as the returns start to roll in

Texas Primary Today; Romney Clinches Nomination originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 at 07:45:23.

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