[GOPcapitalist]

Non-starter. Paul Green got establishment support. I am on the Susan Lilly list. everyone gave to him ... dont ask me why. And everyone endorsed him

I'm not sure what happened in your part of the state but in mine (Harris County/Houston) the exact opposite was true. Smith got most of our local party leadership endorsements and even got two of the three major "rent-a-slates," which almost always go with Perry's guy. There were only 2 notable Green endorsements out of Houston that I can think of: one was by the United Republicans which is a "big tent" pro-abort moderate group that nobody listens to, and the other was by the leftist Houston Chronicle.

[WOSG]

Yes. Every single activist and local activist group was on Smith's side. This include CTRA of which I am a member and which I made an impassioned plea to support Smith. In fact, I didnt meet a single person who was pro-Green, except I guess when Scott Spears spoke for Green at the Austin Repub meeting 2 weeks back.

But the Green fundraisers had James Huffines as the 'treasurer' and a lot of familiar big-money names attached, not just the law firms.
Smith's endorsement list was mostly Cultural Consevatives (eg eagle forum people). Green got the RINO ex-supreme court members (Enoch), Cornyn, etc. Smith had no comparables from theestablishment except Kay B H. By "everyone" I should have said "everyone in the establishment/RINO side seems to have endorsed Green" ... and should have added "NOBODY gave a choerent and correct explanation as to why Smith was undeserving of re-election".

[YCTHouston]

I think the most important thing we can do now is to go to our SD conventions, and then the state convention, and support real conservatives for party offices.

Gina Parker will be a welcomed change as state chairman. Mark Cole will also be a solid conservative replacement for National Committeeman.

Both of these people are independent, principled conservatives who are loyal to the grassroots, not the insider machines.