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Wow.

I was going to write something very similar, David Rogers did it for me.

"The irony here is enormous. Perry recruited Paul Green to avenge the loss of Perry appointee Xavier Rodriguez, a self-described moderate with no prior judicial experience appointed solely to allow Perry to claim the mantle of "Hispanic outreach" in his contest against the first ever Hispanic Democratic candidate for Governor. The result was the defeat of Ernest Garcia, an experienced judge whose conservatism has never been questioned - a judge, who, had Perry appointed him in Rodriguez's place in 2002, Smith would not have challenged."

"Smith's campaign manager, in fact, appeared as a surrogate for Garcia, and actively worked to promote Garcia's candidacy across the 24-county region.

I know. I managed the Smith campaign. And Ernest Garcia is still the best man for the Republican nomination in the Third Court, place four."

I saw David on Tuesday, when I went to what I though would be a 'victory party' for Smith - turned into a wake. He put his heart and soul into the Steven Smith race and was quite emotional to see him and Ernest go down. It was a heartbreaking loss. I am still angry about the loss of Ernest. I gave him money, handed out some flyers (not enough I guess), and had his bumper sticker. I told everyone that he was right for the job.

This race should not have been close, but Perry's autodialing to 'vote Green' created a wave of ignorance that
washed over Ernest Garcia.

CAN WE UN-NOMINATE A CANDIDATE LIKE BILL GREEN???

CAN WE UN-NOMINATE A CANDIDATE LIKE BILL GREEN???

It's a long shot and would almost certainly lead to a court battle and some lawsuits, but I would support an attempt to do so in the form of a "nullification" rule at the state convention that strips BOTH Greens of their nominations. The party could theoretically do this in San Antonio, which would automatically prompt a lawsuit from both Greens based upon Texas election statutes that say they earned the nomination. It is my belief that the Republican Party could successfully fight off a lawsuit of that type based upon a relatively recent precedent in which the Arkansas Democrats were allowed to refuse to seat Lyndon LaRouche delegates at their convention even though they had won delegate slots under state law. The premise of that ruling was that political parties are PRIVATE organizations and can accordingly choose their own candidates. Laws that prevent them from doing so are therefore unconstitutional.