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More on the GOP crack up in Texas

October 1st, 2009

This recent item in the Quorum Report titled, ( Whither The Republican Party of Texas? ), points to the crux of the Texas GOP’s problem. Their need to reach out to moderate, Libertarian, and Latino voters who have been fleeing the party in order to keep hold of power. But in the process will that cost them their socially “conservative” base? [Emphasis added]. His fellow SREC member Mark McCaig said that he hypothesizes that Benkiser was brought down by the constant criticism of her leadership

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Texas GOP fears primary bloodbath, cost of special session

June 15th, 2009

Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements warns GOP about making the same mistakes Texas Democrats did in 1978 that allowed him to be elected governor. A great history lesson from Wayne Slater in the DMN, Clements says GOP gubernatorial bloodbath could help Democrats : “Make no mistake, if Texas Republicans have a blood bath in a primary battle between Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry, we are providing the Democrats an opening to make a speedy comeback to political prominence. We risk di

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Texas GOP Lawmaker Tells Asian-Americans To Get “Easier” Names

April 10th, 2009

The blog ” That Minority Thing ” has an interesting piece on a recent exchange between a Republican Texas Lawmaker, directed at the Asian American community. According to the blog: During testimony on voter identification legislation, Republican State Rep. Betty Brown said Asian voters needed to change their names to something “ easier for Americans to deal with. ” According to the Houston Chronicle, Brown - easy name to pronounce - made the remark following testimony from Ramey Ko

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