“Patrick has a reputation for putting Patrick first. Who cares. If he does just those two things: kills the 2/3rds rule and no Dem Chairs, then he earned my vote.”
You have to...to win. But I hear you. He’s talked NON-STOP about killing off the 2/3s rule. The rule dates back to one-party Democrat rule and was intended to keep their extreme elements from mucking things up. It is TOTALLY OUTDATED now. He may concede a bit, such as a 60% rule, but he WILL NOT permit the Dems to use their 11 votes and be able to stop legislation - those days are over in the State Senate.
As to Dem chairs, I suspect that he’ll hand out some. Believe it or not there are some elected Democrats left in Texas that support American values...probably no other state, but there are some here. Let’s see what happens on this before passing judgment.
If they are that conservative, let them switch Parties.