Racial divisions still exist, and a black man's presence in the White House is contributing to the malaise afflicting Democrats here. Says University of Texas professor Jim Henson, "Democrats have not been helped by the intense opposition to (President Barack) Obama. Republicans are so energized."
Houston chron.com | By Patricia Kilday Hart | Read the complete story
As the Texas Democratic Party gathers in Houston this weekend for its annual statewide convention, an obvious question suggests itself:
Why bother?
After all, Texas hasn't voted Democratic in a presidential race since 1976, nor elected a statewide Democratic official since 1994. Republicans have controlled the Texas House since 2002 and the Texas Senate since 1996. My colleague Joe Holley suggested Houston - the site of Sam Houston's retreat - was an appropriate venue for a Democratic gathering. But Democrats are unlikely to stage the reversal of fortunes that good ole Sam pulled off: Only 4 percent of eligible Texans voted in the May 29 Democratic Primary, compared with 11 percent who participated in the GOP election.
Those who did show up were egregiously uninformed: In the U.S. Senate race, highly esteemed former Rep. Paul Sadler was forced into a runoff with a 75-year-old retired educator whose sole qualification is his shared last name – Yarbrough – with a long-dead U.S. senator. In Harris County, perennial candidate Lloyd Oliver bested respected attorney Zach Fertitta in the Democratic district attorney's race. (Could a last name – Oliver is also the name of a Houston Community College trustee – also have fooled voters in this critical race?)
Perhaps the Democrats chose Houston – home to the best medical care in the world – to summon skilled diagnosticians. What disease is eating away at the body politic known as the Texas Democratic Party? What's the prognosis? Is the condition fatal, or is there a prescription for recovery?
From the Statesman:
By Chuck Lindell | Complete story | HOUSTON — Calling their state convention to order Friday evening, state Democratic leaders told cheering delegates to take heart, suggesting that increasingly extremist Republican candidates and policies could help usher their out-of-power party back into contention. "Republicans haven't just departed from the mainstream, they've departed from mainstream values," San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro said in the convention's keynote speech. "Since when does cutting health care for children make you the party of family values? Since when does denying women their basic rights make you the party of family values?"
Reported by VoicesEmpower from the Texas Republican Convention, June 7-9, Fort Worth | Via PushJunction
Read the complete report | More reporting from the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Here is a reminder of why Norm Adams and Steve Hotze are: When Republicans Deceive: Pay for Play~ Steve Hotze is Not A Conservative Republican
Get ready Tea Party Grassroots Delegates and Alternates ~ We must move, during voting on the Platform to replace the 2012 Proposed Language with the 2010 language.
IT IS GOING TO BE A FLOOR FIGHT FOLKS!! This is a fight worth fighting for!!
WHY is this a problem for Texans besides the fact that we do not have the funds to provide social services for Mexican citizens? It is not only Hispanics who are coming into our State through our virtually open borders. This is a National Security Issue!!It seems as though David Dewhurst and Gov. Perry have many of the same financial backers, so it is no surprise that Gov. Perry has come out so strongly in favor of David Dewhurst. But let’s take a look at what it is these financial backers have in common.Did you know that it was not only the Democrats who stopped the Texas Anti-Sanctuary Cities Legislation during the 82nd legislative session. That’s right it was Texas’ largest Republican donors and now we find that all the key players who Killed the Sanctuary Cities Bill in the 2011 session are backing David Dewhurst.
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Really? A black man in office is the reason the Republicans are energized? You are a bigot and a race-baiter. How about forget about the color of the man's skin (which apparently only Democrats seem to dwell on) and concentrate on the man's politics? That's what has Republicans energized, not the b.s. that he is black. That story is so overhyped, and you fall prey to the same hyperbole and lies that the mainstream media falls for. Come on we deserve better...
The Republican LEADERSHIP ARE energized, but the voters are getting highly frustrated.
Is there a difference between Obamney and Rombama? Scarcely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDJEc92d38&feature=youtube_gdata_player
When voters find out what we have in Cruz, we won't be happy. More Lamar Smith and Michael McCaul? Narvaiz? Wentworth? Strauss? Isaac? Conley?
There's not a real Conservative among these.
Conservatives had better get involved in the party, start their own, or just give up the fight.
Yes, President Obama did not suddenly become black once he got into office. We already knew he was black when we voted him into the presidency.
But what we, for the most part, didn't know at the time was that his "hope and change" rhetoric had no substance behind it. Barak Obama has revealed himself to be a left-wing ideologue out to "punish" political "enemies" (his words).
Bills supported by Obama tend toward amassing more power in the federal government to control the distribution of even more tax money. Obama once promised to cut the debt in half, then he and the Democrats have added more to the debt than any president in history. After HUGE amounts of spending, they now come to us and say they need more money and "rich people" are not paying their "fair share" to reduce the debt.
If the Democratic Party in Texas was desirous of making any inroads among Texas voters, they needed to start off their meeting by repudiating the policies and tactics of President Obama and his administration.
Conservatives my patootie.
Too many of you are reactionary hacks, who are following your "leaders" right off the cliff.
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