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To: JeepersFreepers; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; Impy
>> Straus was first elected to Speaker of the Texas House in 2009 when a "gang of 11" turncoat Republicans joined with all 65 Democrats to oust the current conservative speaker. Straus then appointed Democrats to 16 of the House's 34 chairmanship positions. He was able to undermine the conservative agenda of the Republican majority <<

Man, those state legislative leaders are great! Such wise leadership in those "red" states. Thomas Jefferson would love this guy! I'm not sure who is better, Straus, Kent Williams of Tennessee, or the RINOs who lets the Dems run the Alaska Senate despite Republicans far outnumbering them. If only Straus could be choosing the state's U.S. Senators instead of the lowly voters, we'd have true statesmen in office. Obviously professional politicians are sooo much smarter and better than the citizens of their state.

Yessir, most state legislatures are truly inspirational. And of course, in the rare circumstance you don't like your state legislator, you should just "pay closer attention" to the candidates and produce a better one (not sure how this works if you're in a state like Ilinois where all the districts are gerrymandered, or in Arkansas where the system is rigged so the incumbents run unopposed), but oh well. And of course, if Texans don't love their wonderful state legislature, there's another "solution", they can just pick up overnight and "move!" to a new state -- as some "abolish the 17th" advocate told me when I explained to him my state legislature sucks.

(I suppose I should add the < /sarcasm> tag in case anyone thinks I actually like the Texas State House.)

10 posted on 01/12/2011 12:05:09 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BillyBoy; JeepersFreepers; fieldmarshaldj
Straus, a San Antonio Republican who became speaker in 2009, was elected to a second term by a 132-15 vote after his two challengers, Reps. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, and Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, dropped out.

They just rolled over? A shame.

20 posted on 01/13/2011 4:29:02 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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