Oklahoma Sees Texas Change Political Colors
HOUSTON — For a long time, being a Democrat in Texas has been a rather lonely affair. In this reddest of red-meat states, no Democrat has won a major statewide office since 1994 — and no Democratic presidential nominee has carried the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Republicans control both houses in the state legislature. The death penalty is the preferred solution for murderers. And Bush-Cheney stickers are still lovingly tended on the bumpers of many cars. But after all those years in the sun, the bumper stickers are starting to fray around the edges. And so, too, might the Republican hammerlock on the nation’s second-largest state.For the first time in more than 30 years, Democrats — and even some Republicans — are openly wondering whether Texas could actually be in play come the November election and not a slam-dunk for the Republican nominee.
Of course, not everyone agrees . State Republican leaders scoff at the idea Texas Democrats can ever rise from the dead, at either the state or national level.
Tee Hee. Nothing is forever. Democrats took too much for granted 30 years ago. Republicans are now discovering the same thing. No one seems to remember historical lessons about politics … Many voters are now better informed than the incumbents and candidates. Regardless how hard politicians try to dumb down Americans, skepticism is far better than their ‘pharmaceutical solutions’. Let me define “pharmaceutical solutions”. Politicians are experts at using rhetoric, key words and emotional concepts as drugs (pharmaceuticals). Politicians feed the voter what they crave. Politicians are pushers and Americans are junkies. Feed us a dream and the damage is done long before we wake up. Unfortunately, Americans have been mesmerized by marketing strategy. The same markets that fund the candidates fund the advertising we absorb daily. This is a vicious cycle that will take more than one election to change.
Americans need heavier doses of skepticism to recover from the mind control of the Political Marketing Pushers, Spin Doctors. Regardless who gets elected, the real test is how long they can stay afloat in America’s quicksand called Washington DC.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I don’t know. I’ve been hearing a lot about how Republicans are purposly voting for Obama, because he’s easiest to beat. How true that is is subjective I guess.
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Really, 32 years since a Democrat won there? I wonder if that’s a longer drought than Republicans have here in Massachusetts. It would be great, obviously, for Texas to even be in play come November, even if we don’t end up carrying it, just to change the dynamics a bit.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:24 am
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