Nonstory of the year
I’m referring to the recent poll by Wilson Perkins Allen that shows Romney leading Obama in Texas by 55-40. (McCain had similar numbers, 55-44.) With Democrats getting only 40% of the vote, what’s the surprise in these numbers? There is none. Obama is not providing enough coattails for Democratic legislative candidates to win seats. I question whether the Democratic party has the resources to generate a get-out-the-vote effort that might perceptibly narrow the gap. The only interesting data point is that Romney is getting only 32% of the Hispanic vote. In the long run–and it may be very long indeed–Republicans cannot continue to win elections while getting less than a third of the Hispanic vote. But that won’t become apparent until the end of this decade.
Indiana Pearl says:
I will wait patiently and will keep voting for Democrats. One day sanity will come to the state of Texas.
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Robert Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Laughable that sanity is defined as voting for Democrats. Texas used to be run by Democrats – the dems who implemented and enforced segregation, setup the public school system that is always said to be failing in funding equity (those lawsuits began long before GOP control), and more.
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Patriotone says:
Actually there is news. Romney is not over performing which I think you would normally expect given the animus Obama generates among conservatives. It is also interesting that Obama has held strong with Hispanics. Neither of those two facts is going to make any difference in this horse race but it is not terrible news for Democrats going forward.
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Texian Politico says:
McCain got 55% in TX in 2008. I think Romney will be closer to 60%, perhaps with 58%. Burka is right that this hurts the Dems down ballot, especially in their attempt to take out Congressman Canseco or to make much gain at all in the state house. 2012 in Texas is going to be closer to 2010 than 2008 in terms of the election returns.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
It’s likely gonna be awhile before TX Dems get their winning groove back by 2018 or 2020.
But for now, let the Republicans enjoy their last gasp of one-party dominance.
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#halftrue Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
You just saw a poll saying Romney is tracking at exactly what McCain pulled in ’08. But in your crystal ball you say Romney is going to pull 58-60. What, Bryan Eppstein, are you basing that on? Can a brother get a crosstab or two?
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Tarrant County Tart says:
If Romney is running closer to 60%, then bye bye Wendy Davis and that tacky hairdo she has. Sure wont miss seein’ that.
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John Johnson Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Wishful thinking, my dear. You seem to forget about all the Repub’s like me in Dist. 10 that voted for her the first time around when she had a strong encumbent to beat. She has done nothing but gather more across the board support since then…and your comment about her hair says all we need to know about you.
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emptyk Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Take your meds, Tarrant. You write rather nastily when you refuse to take your meds.
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Jerry Only Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
if theres anything tacky here, its your comment.
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panchovilla says:
I keep reading this refrain from liberals that the GOP is doomed if it fails to capture 1/3 of the Hispanic vote. Did it ever occur to the conventional wisdom peddlers that the GOP can compensate for this weak showing by increasing its share of the white vote? There are a number of ways to get to 50.1%.
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paulburka Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 11:01 am
As I said in the writeup, it’s an old story. That doesn’t mean it isn’t valid. Ask Steve Munisteri.
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Anonymous Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Paul – what are you thoughts on this post?
http://texasconservativepolitics.blogspot.com/
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paulburka Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I am going to hold my fire on Combs and other statewide wannabes until I write something for TEXAS MONTHLY after the election.
Blue Dogs Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Burka, if Romney runs up the score in Texas by cracking 60 percent in November, can his coattails drive out all the Dems in Harris County races including the race for Sheriff where incumbent Adrian Garcia (D) is trying to avoid being Bradley’d (see 2010 Harris County Commissioner-Pct.2 race where Jack Morman defeated two-term incumbent Sylvia Garcia)
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paulburka Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I don’t think Romney can get to 60% in Harris, but Garcia led the Democratic ticket in 2008. I would think he has some residual voting strength. I don’t know Harris County politics well enough to make a guess.
paulburka Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 11:53 am
The problem is, the factory that turns out white people shut down around 2000. It’s going to be hard to increase the R percentage of the white vote.
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Robert Morrow says:
If Romney does not get 60% in Texas, then he is very unlikely to win nationally. And right now Romney is on track to get 58% of the vote in Texas (if you extrapolate 55-40% over Obama)
2004 Texas presidential results:
President/Vice-President:
George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney(I) REP 4,526,917 61.08%
John F. Kerry/ John Edwards DEM 2,832,704 38.22%
Michael Badnarik/ Richard V. Campagna LIB 38,787 0.52%
Michael Anthony Peroutka/ Chuck Baldwin W-I 1,636 0.02%
2000 Texas presidential results:
President/Vice-President
George W. Bush /Dick Cheney REP 3,799,639 59.29%
Al Gore /Joe Lieberman DEM 2,433,746 37.98%
Harry Browne /Art Olivier LIB 23,160 0.36%
Ralph Nader /Winona LaDuke GRN 137,994 2.15%
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Texian Politico Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I don’t get your reasoning. W in 2000 was the incumbent governor of TX and got under 60% and won.
The new Rasmussen poll has Romney now ahead of Obama and that lead grows when leaners are added in. The Fat Lady has not sung in this race despite all the liberals wishing she would have done so after Clinton’s DNC speech. A new poll out of OH has the race tied, too. It’s going to be a good fight till election day and Romney will have the resources to fight it and win.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
GWB won the 2000 election by 500 votes in Florida and he did get 59% of the vote in Texas. If Romney is polling under that it is indicative that he just ain’t gonna win.
Rasmussen is a delusional GOP partisan and you can’t trust him. I think in 2010 Rasmussen had Sharron Angle winning in Nevada, maybe Ken Buck winning in Colorado.
Rasmussen 2012 reminds me of John Zogby 2004 – a delusional partisan.
Romney is going to have to take Florida, Virginia and Ohio – all 3. Instead he will probably lose all three. Certainly Ohio.
This electoral map page is excellent: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
Obama only has a narrow lead. But it is a hard narrow lead not a “soft” narrow lead.
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Texian Politico Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Robert, you are wrong. Rasmussen and Pew were the most reliable pollsters in 2008.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/11/the-list-which-presidential-polls-were-most-accurate/
Blue Dogs Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Texian, once Romney is elected on Nov. 6th, I would like to see the faces of the liberal media folks on ABC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC because you can bet they will be CRYING their eyes out as Romney delivers his victory speech as the 45th President of the US.
I’m betting Romney wins in a George Deukmejian-like scenario (see 1982 California Governor’s race).
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Rasmussen lost his touch in 2010. John Zogby was the most accurate pollster in year 2000 and a joke by 2004.
Those Rasmussen numbers are not worth the toilet paper to wipe your ____ . But if you like, go to http://www.intrade.com and you can “invest” in Mitt Romney dirt cheap.
But remember Romney is like WCOM stock at $1.
Texian Politico Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:17 am
What races did Rasmussen miss in 2010? CO and NV? I study elections closely and have always found him to be very accurate. I’m not keen on Intrade. That is just folks following prevailing wisdom. They don’t have any sort of special insight into the numbers or outlook of races. In a lot of cases it’s just fools being parted from their money.
LuzVilla'sGhost says:
I can remember a time when Republicans could not even pull 20% of the Latino vote in Texas; now they are doomed without a third.
Things like gay marriage can help pull both latinos and african americans towards voting for Republicans.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 11:11 am
Gay marriage, barring Supreme Court judicial activism, will never be an issue in Texas thanks to the 76-24% passage of DOMA into the Texas state constitution in 2005.
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Anonymous Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 11:34 am
Tic toc. Tic toc.
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paulburka Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 11:57 am
There is some truth in the argument that minorities dislike gay marriage. Not surprising since anything smacking of intermarriage is anathema to ethnic minorities.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
“gay” is not ethnic. Hello. And ethnic minorities (blacks, Hispanics) are a lot more open to racial intermarriage than the majority Caucasians.
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Aaron Peña says:
“Republicans cannot continue to win elections while getting less than a third of the Hispanic vote.”
This clarion call has been received and many continue to communicate the message that many Hispanics can find voice in the Republican Party. As noted the strident tone of outlier voices on sensitive issues to our community have in part caused Hispanic support to drop from the mid 40′s under Bush to the 32% level presently attained by Romney. This must change.
Under the extraordinary leadership of chairman Steve Munisteri, Republican leaders have gone to great lengths to make outreach to the Hispanic community. The Governor, the attorney general and other statewide leaders are doing their best to see that individuals such as J.M. Lozano, Jason Villalba and other candidates of Hispanic ancestry are elected and welcomed into the Republican party. My experience in the Republican Party has been a good one and believe that through continued involvement Hispanics can strengthen the party that best communicates the deeply held conservative values that many of them share. Like any human experience there will be an occasional setback or mishap. There may be voices that offend the sensibilities of many. Our challenge as you correctly set forth is to continue to push foward in a meaningful way and improve Republican party support in the Hispanic community or to see the party fade away in the face demographic changes.
Texas is not California. We will chose a different path. I’m confident that Texas will remain a culturally conservative state and that there is only one party that today reflects those values. Such is the political challenge of our lifetime. Republicans will have to embrace that challenge or face the consequences.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
The world is changing, my friends, and Texas must change with it if the state wants to stay relevant. Young people don’t hate gays and folks of other races and religions and they are growing in numbers every single day.
I encountered Mr. Munisteri at a League of Women Voters (outlaw ladies) meeting recently. He talked really fast and engaged in pseudo-Socratic techniques designed to fluster the audience. It didn’t work.
If you want to engage Latinos, start treating them like human beings.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:42 am
I love the progressives, “you got to change cuz we said so”
It’s called assimulation. When you “come” to America assimulate, stop waving your flag in our face and learn our culture.
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Jeff Crosby Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 11:28 am
Of all the stupid things JBB has written, this one may be the dumbest.
Hispanics were in Texas before Anglos. That’s perhaps one reason why we have cities named San Antonio, Corpus Christi, etc. That water out there is called the Gulf of Mexico, not the Gulf of Dumbass. The very name of this state is derived from a Spanish translation of an Indian word.
The culture of Texas is as much theirs as it is “ours,” and, by ours, I assume you mean ignorant racists camped in their parents’ basement decorated with a Confederate flag on the wall. You’re the one who needs to assimilate.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 5:44 am
@ Jeff
Texans and the US are the ones who need to assimilate….so says pedophiles like Jeff and Pres Obama.
paulburka Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
There is a lot of over-the-top rhetoric here. “If you want to engage Latinos, start treating them like human beings.” Come on, man. This is not the fifties, and the Texas Rangers aren’t acting as strike breakers for the growers in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:55 pm
Mr. Pena, California fell victim to the food stamp philosophy and welfare handouts and the liberals took over Sacramento and we know the results there are horrible.
Texas will always be a conservative state forever.
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WUSRPH Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
But I thought Arno was going to save California…what happened?
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Texian Politico Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:18 am
He fought the good fight with the lege and campaigned hard for a series of props in Nov 2005 that would have greatly helped CA. The unions came out like gangbusters against them and he lost. After that he began to cave more and more and was largely an impotent governor from that point on.
paulburka Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
The liberals took over California because Pete Wilson decided to make it his mission to go after illegal immigrants. The Republicans’ loss of California was a suicide, not a homicide, and it had nothing to do with the “food stamp philosophy” and welfare. It had everything to do with how the Republicans treated Latinos.
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texun Reply:
September 16th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
“Forever” is a long time.
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anon Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Even a non-story elicits a reaction from the bitter Mr. Pena, the man without a country. It’s hard enough on the conscience to be a predictable hack for a political party, but for two parties, in the course of just a few years is just too much.
We all wish you well in your next life, Mr. Pena.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
dems implode at DNC convention when voting No to God 3 times….
The US’s foreign diplomacy is in total disarray
President Obama’s presidency exploded on 9/12/12
“Egypt is neither an ally or an enemy”?!?
Pres Clinton(Bill not Hillary) nailed it when he said this guy is an amateur.
Total landslide in Nov, 60/40 minimum.
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buy a clue Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Dewhurst by 6-8%
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Lt Guv Dewhurst will dew just fine in the Tx Sen as Sen Patrick passes vouchers.
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paulburka Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
I’ll take the under on JBB’s 60-40.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
A new Heritage report shows “Heritage found state and local government employees work even fewer hours — 38.1 hours per week or 4.7 weeks less per year than private sector workers.”
you bored state workers “get to work!”
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Texian Politico Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
There is a report on Time’s website that Marines at the embassy in Cairo were ordered to not carry live ammo. Was the same true of the two Marines who died in Libya? This is going to be very explosive politically if this is true.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Heritage is a right-wing hack organization. Find an UNBIASED source.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 6:11 am
like MSNBC?
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WUSRPH says:
The Marines with no bullets in their guns were in Beruit…Where Ronnie R. lost a couple of hundred of them to a truck bomber…Of course, that was quickly forgotten thanks to his PR machine and invading Gernada within a few days after to distract attention…Another conspiracy for Morrow.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
ex-prez Hillary Clinton said no bullets in guns
“U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.”
http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo/
our foreign policy is in ruins…..as Prez Amateur fund raises in Vegas
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cyrus says:
Some of these numbers don’t really match reality. Romney won’t get 77% of the white vote. He may get 70% if the GOP turns it out, but that’s as high as he can probably go. As his campaign continues to implode and marginalize itself, Republican enthusiasm for him will decline, even here where the Obama-hate is strong. Romney is not John McCain. The final numbers will look almost exactly like 2008. And yes, more Hispanics will vote this year than in 2008, and the Dems will regain 7-10 state house seats.
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
That is exactly where we are at right now. The numbers could be heading back to the 2008 presidential numbers.
Maybe not all the way, but headed there – maybe Obama will by 4% of the popular vote.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
In the 2010 Governor’s race, Perry won 69 percent of Anglos, 11 percent of Blacks and 38 percent of Latinos.
In Texas, Romney will crack 70 percent, 33 percent of Latinos and 2 percent of Blacks.
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paulburka Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Perry has always done well among Latinos, and before him, so did John Tower.
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Dems ended the last lege session with 48 seats as they fled to Okla like rats leaving a sinking ship.
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Anonymous says:
I’m a Republican and I’ve long held that we should have open borders. People want to come over here and live? then by all means let them, we just need to be diligent about getting them papers so we can make sure they pay taxes and don’t live in the shadows.
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anita Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
You don’t need papers to pay taxes in Texas. Non-citizens pay exactly what citizens do.
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Anonymous Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 1:16 am
Federal taxes
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vietvet3 says:
Unless we get a change in the SCOTUS, Republicans will find even more creative ways to suppress the vote, and delay the inevitable…
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 13th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Amen, vet! The handwriting is on the wall, but the GOP refuses to read it.
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 6:13 am
exactly the GOP readily admits to suppressing the democrats who are dead that vote, illegals who vote and people who falsely represent themseves as someone else to vote.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:11 am
But GOP businessmen LOVE those illegals they can hire for peanuts!
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:44 am
ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi is an excellent example she employee illegals at her 5star hotels and vineyards.
Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 8:53 am
Gov. Romney has an illegal problem.
Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:13 am
And they LOVE preventing citizens from voting. It is interesting to observe that voter “fraud” only occurs in states with GOP control. Can’t have those black and brown folks voting, can they?
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JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:45 am
sure we can, but they must be a citizen, breathing and only vote once….why? Because its the American Way.
HispanicsAreRepublican says:
I predict Romney is going to get 40% plua of the Hispanic vote in November.
The Obama administration has been the worst admin. for the Hispanic people in U.S History.
Hispanic unemployment over 10%, 1.6 million hispanic families torn apart and deported. A promise not to build the Border Wall and the Wall continues in Latino Texas. Couple that with the Democratic party trying to remove GOD from their platform and their fight for equal rights for Gays, Lesbians, Bi-sexuals, Transgender, Beastiality, and Polygamy. Hispanics are as well Pro-Life!
That is why almost every Texas Senator/State Rep. in South Texas are being challenged by a HISPANIC REPUBLICAN!
Wake up Paul, the demographic savior is not coming. Latino Texas is becoming less Democratic and more Republican. Look at the numbers.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:30 am
HAR, Obama was caught on tape saying he would push for immigration reform in his first year in office, but what happened ?
He instead went for the stimulus and Obamacare and the idiots in the media tried to spin it for Obama.
I’m going to watch to see how Obama’s polling among Latinos holds come Nov. 6th, will he maintain the 67 percent from 2008 or will his numbers among Latinos fall to the low 60s and 56 percent ?
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 8:57 am
Oh for heaven’s sake! There is no mention of bestiality or polygamy in the Democratic platform. You can bet money there are plenty of gay Latinos and they have families who don’t like it when their children are demonized by religious bigots.
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anita says:
It makes sense that Obama would have done better in Texas in 2008 because you had a competitive Democratic primary that pulled higher numbers to the polls — there were resources poured into Texas to engage Democratic voters.
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TruthBeTold says:
I don’t believe Obama will do as well as he did in 2008. The future of Hispanics are for them to finally vote their values, religious conscience and guidence of ther elders. That vote mirrors the values and the platform of the Republican party.
I agree with President Reagan. If alive I could hear him say ” Hispanics are Republicans it just took a little longer for them to figure it out.”
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 9:30 am
If Romney were to get to the 40 percent threshold with Latinos, Obama is FINISHED.
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cyrus says:
Filtering out the kooks here. It’s pretty clear from the polling averages that Romney is tanking in Florida, Ohio & Virginia. He’s done in NM, MI, and CO. The Super PACS are about to blow upwards of $300 Million in FL, VA, and NC but it’s wasted money as voters are hardening. Romney has been polling in the 30% range with Hispanics and falling. Regardless of Obama’s record on immigration, Romney has nothing to sell Hispanic voters: a wealthy son of privilege, completely out of touch with working families – and Obama’s campaign has done a solid job painting him as such. He’ll be lucky to crack 30% with them here. And no, he won’t get 75% of the white vote either.
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Texian Politico Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
What polls are you talking about? How is Romney tanking in FL, OH, and VA? He’s in a statistical tie in VA and FL, as well as IA and WI, and not that far back in OH. The new Rasmussen daily tracking has Romney up 3 pts now. That’s his biggest lead in a long time. Do you just pick the polls you want to see? Here are the RCP averages -
Battlegrounds
Ohio 48.5 44.3 Obama +4.2
Virginia 47.3 47.0 Obama +0.3
Florida 47.8 46.5 Obama +1.3
Wisconsin 48.2 46.8 Obama +1.4
Iowa 45.0 44.8 Obama +0.2
Colorado 49.0 45.3 Obama +3.7
New Hampshire 47.3 43.3 Obama +4.0
Michigan 48.3 42.5 Obama +5.8
Pennsylvania 49.0 41.3 Obama +7.7
Missouri 43.0 50.3 Romney +7.3
Nevada 49.0 45.7 Obama +3.3
North Carolina 45.0 49.8 Romney +4.8
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Robert Morrow Reply:
September 14th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Believing in Rasmussen is something akin to believing in the Easter Bunny. He is in the tank for the GOP.
And here is the killer thing for Romney: he has not grassroots support. And that means both Ron Paulers and religious right. And the Tea Party which was hating on him (and justifiably so) all through the primary season.
And with no (ok, little) grassroots support Romney cannot be pushed across the finish line in the key swing states.
Nobody is going to run around putting up signs for this joker, or dragging folks to the polls for the man who won’t release his tax returns.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 10:40 am
That’s NO grassroots support.
Learn how to spell.
Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Read Nate Silver’s blog 538 in the NYT.
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Anonymous Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 8:23 am
PPP has a poll that has Obama up 4 in Virginia. They were pretty accurate in 2010 even if they lean D.
I doubt Romney gets 60% or even 58%. I think he’ll hold at aroun 56%. If the local Dems in Tarrant, Harris and Dallas can get the base out, they can win a couple more house races other than the 3-4 they are supposed to win in those counties.
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Anonymous Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 10:36 am
I meant that in Tarrant they can hold the Davis Senate seat with strong base turnout. Chris Turner will be back in the state house no matter what happens.
In Dallas strong base turnout can lift Miklos in 107, and possibly Kent in 114 and Robbins in 105 but those two seats definitely lean R right now. I think the Miklos/Sheets race is a tossup though the Robert Miller types probably have it lean Sheets.
Blue Dogs Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 10:41 am
PPP is an OUTLIER poll that’s in the tank for the liberal communist media.
JohnBernardBooks Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 5:52 am
“cyrus says:
Filtering out the kooks here.”
Why is it democrats cannot discuss issues but must resort to calling names ie kooks and racists?
“According to an audio recording obtained by The Daily Caller, Matthew “Mudcat” Arnold, the national campaign manager of the liberal CREDO super PAC, told a gathering of supporters in Aurora, Colo., on Sept. 8 that they’ve realized “policy did not move voters.”
When we said that Steve King … is pro-life and believes in cutting Social Security and voted for the Ryan budget, no one cared,” Arnold said. “When we said Steve King’s a racist, Steve King believes that immigrants ought to be put in electric fences, people moved.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/14/liberal-super-pac-leader-its-easier-to-beat-republicans-by-calling-them-racist-than-engaging-on-policy/
Believe me we get it, democrat leaders know the average dem is “stupid”.
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cyrus says:
The GOP won’t win over Hispanics with the abortion issue alone. They’ve been trying that for 2 decades now and they’ve lost ground with them in recent cycles. Hispanic voters are less inclined to vote for a party that wants to gut public schools, raise their cost of living, send jobs overseas,depress wages by any means available, and treat them as criminals due their skin color or surname.
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Mobert Rorrow says:
But cyrus, don’t you think the GOP can get Hispanics to come around on those issue?
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JohnBernardBooks says:
Democrats have been trying to buy votes from Hispanics for years, it worked with blacks.
Its called welfare for your votes and its brought us Chicago, Detroit, NOs etc.
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Indiana Pearl Reply:
September 15th, 2012 at 9:01 am
This is racist thinking.
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Liberty On My Mind says:
Sure is a lot of discussion here for the biggest non-story of the year.
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texun says:
Paul did put his finger on one of the major topics, getting out the vote.
Political parties recruit candidates, raise funds, and get out their voters. In Texas, the Democratic state party has failed on all three challenges for some time.
Republicans went through their development stages, redefining the purpose of the party away from patronage and toward ideology during tghe 1950s and 1960s. During the 1960s and 1970s, it developed the organizational capacities to recruit viable candidates, raise funds, and get out the vote.
The TX Dems need to start at the beginning, redefining the purpose of the state organization as winning elections, rather than continuing to serve mainly to control state and local party posts. Until it does that, Republicans will run the waterfront.
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Blue Dogs Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 10:41 am
Which means Texas will likely a Red State for a bit LONGER until 2020 or 2032.
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texun Reply:
September 17th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Or longer. I know that I’m bucking conventional wisdom here, but demographics don’t win elections.
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Anonymous says:
Blue Dog,
Check the numbers PPP and Survey USA were the most accurate in 2010.
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