Texas has only been a minority-majority state for a few years and in that time the margins between Republican and Democratic voting margins margins have narrowed. Furthermore, the urban and suburban whites in Texas are trending Democrat and Obama won the major cites of Texas in 2008.
In ten years the trends are likely to more dramatic and it is going to be very difficult for the GOP to hold Texas.
SIDEBAR latest Subday/Monday posts about Iran from http://AntiMullah.com
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/sundaymonday-iran-news-live-update.html
For the next couple of days we will try to post bits and pieces as they arrive from Iran, so do drop by
Iran
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/declaration-by-hih-prince-reza-pahlavi.html
Israel
http://alanpetersroundup.blogspot.com/2009/06/binyamin-netanyahus-speech.html
Khatami
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/khatami-arrest-by-plain-clothes-agents.html
USA
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/oba-husseins-uncle-sam-plantation.html
Christianity & Islam encounter
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-never-twain-shall-meet.html
Some Iran updates
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/enjoy-atomic-meal-you-are-cooking.html
Good street video
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2009/06/good-iran-video.html