[Texas Federalist]

Like many Texas Republicans, Strayhorn didn't convert to the Republican Party until the party became competitive in Texas. That's also true of Perry.

. . . and also true of great public servants like Phil Gramm and Ralph Hall. The thing is Perry, Hall and Gramm acted like Republicans before and after the switch. Strayhorn is liberal through and through.

[Theodore R.]

Bob Bullock was a long-time advocate of a state income tax too, but "conservatives" vote for him in many, many elections. Was he liberal? I know he favored abortion and kept abortion restrictions from coming up for a vote in the State Senate between 1991 and 1999.

[GOPcapitalist]

The thing is Perry, Hall and Gramm acted like Republicans before and after the switch.

Hall and Gramm have, but Perry? How soon we have forgotten his appointments of Henry Cuellar and Xavier Rodriguez...