The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

Because Dems were the party of labor protections.

We need to get back to that.

LBJ told Hubert Humphrey that "we just lost the south" after the civil rights bill was signed.


I have heard for years were a so close to winning Texas and Georgia. We have not come close yet.


Democrats in Texas could nominate Jesus and he wouldn't will at this point.

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I believe LBJ said "We just lost the South for a generation. ". He was wrong. It was two generations, going on three.

Johnson's power was with the federal government, not the state govt.

Texas became a right to work state in 1947
Most of the southern states, which were run by Dixiecrats also became right to work states in the late 40s.
Texas barely paid their teachers.

Texas has never been liberal.

I know it is all hyperbole, but somehow I just can't think of a basketball team as a national treasure.
Tacos?.. yeah, maybe....

LOL!!

just knocked me out! May he rise up and give Cruz a frickin what for!

Thanks for posting, HAB -

and, as BEGALA says, "Texas is not a Red state; it is a non-voting state." And as Bill CLINTON said, Dems have to "be in love" with their candidates. Hispanics haven't forged the voting link that LBJ and the Civil Rights leaders did. Hispanics turned out for the *Catholic* KENNEDYs, then for the *boss* LBJ and the hugging/fractured-Spanish-words Shrub who had mariachis at the White House and said of the WH, "Mi casa, su casa."

Frankly, the CASTRO brothers are more in the Tim KAINE tier of charisma. A laundry list of good marks on issues is fine, but street smarts and carnival barking is what puts it over the top.

I've dealt with Cruz's office and they are extremely rude and condescending. They accused a visitor of being an "out of state agitator" and all she did was stop in to Cruz's local office by herself. She was very polite. When I visited his office, the staffer didn't bother to take a single note. The staffer told me that they are very busy with numerous visitors. (Yet, the visitor logs showed only 4 names in 3 days) I have emailed Cruz numerous times and have never received a reply. Basically, I did not feel respected by Cruz's staff.

I received more respect at Lamar Smith's office than at Cruz's and I don't even live in Lamar Smith's district!

I haven't utilized Cruz for any constituent services, but who knows maybe he is "top-notch" and that is why he is popular.

On the other hand I utilized Cornyn's constituent services in 2005 and they were excellent. (I think I might have previously dealt with Cornyn when he was AG of Texas or something like that) When I started emailing Cornyn at the beginning of Drump's presidency, his staff did take the time to respond. When I visited his office twice after Drump became president, his staff was polite and took notes. I other words, I felt I was respected as a human being.

I dunno, maybe Texans prefer rude and condescending. This is a state that favored Cruz and Patrick over vanilla bland, David Dewhurst.