[Robert DeLong]

"After much consideration and prayer with my family, I feel that my fiscally conservative, pro-business, and pro-life values are no longer in-step with the Democrat Party of today, and I am proudly running as a Republican to represent House District 31," Guillen said in a statement.

Since this man is obviously much younger than I, when in his lifetime has the Democrat Party been fiscally conservative, pro-business, or pro-life?

Answer: It hasn't, since before this man was even born.

I take these "conversions" with a great deal of skepticism.

[ken in texas]

- I take these "conversions" with a great deal of skepticism. -

Point taken. However, he may have grown up in a household that voted D come hell or high water, heard nothing but criticism about Republicans, and became Democrat because his family has always been Democrat. Hopefully he now sees things a bit more clearly.