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Don't think for a second that it is just this nomination. There are a lot of other forces at work here.

Down here in Houston, and across Texas in general, Texicans are getting frozen out of the Democratic party by Blacks and Liberals. They are very underrepresented. This is a fact. AS the old conservativs die off and the new ones come in they are feeling more at home in the more merit-based Republican party. WE come a long way from the old conservatives of the fifties and WE deserve the credit.

These two factors can not be over emphasised. Democrats work on race we work on merit.

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WE come a long way from the old conservatives of the fifties and WE deserve the credit. These two factors can not be over emphasised. Democrats work on race we work on merit.

Fantastic news. Thanks a million for adding it to this thread. I think what you stated might be part of the reason Bush is polling ahead of RAT candidates in NY & CA, two states with very large hispanic populations.......not to mention the huge electoral votes.

TX, NY & CA........RATs are soiling their panties at the thought of losing all those states.

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These two factors can not be over emphasised. Democrats work on race we work on merit.

Come again??? Have you read the posts here? Hispanic this and Hispanic that and he is a hero in Central and South America. It will get us the Hispanic vote, yada, yada, yada. That is racial politics pure and simple and it is just as reprehensible for the Republicans as it is for the Democrats - that is why the Republican party is changing - those old conservatives who can't stomach "anything to win", "as long as he wears the Republican title" are just sitting home. The newer group is running things, there is no doubt about that.