There’s a LOT of Republican infighting in the TX House, and I also believe Gov. Perry has a role to play as well with the shrinkage. I’ve never been able to get a solid feel for Craddick, whether he is a RINO squish or playing hardball with the RINOs (doing the latter tends to get you attacked more). My grave concern is that if the TX GOP loses the House (they won’t lose the Senate, since it is a fairly stable, solid bloc), the Dems will be able to insist upon more favorable lines for Congressional seats, and we can’t have that. The Dems hold too many seats in the state as it is.
If the AK RINO/Rodent coalition tries to embarrass Gov. Palin, they’ll only end up harming themselves.
Texas is due to gain seats in apportionment, so the GOP could probably bargain away a seat or two. Actually, considering the surge in the Democratic vote in Dallas and Harris counties, we probably may have to bite the bullet and draw up a new Dem-leaning seat in both counties to protect incumbents like John Culberson and Pete Sessions. Culberson in particular won by a reduced margin this time around; his district has some of the same affluent voters that have been flipping to the Dems as of late. Plus Harris County has seen an additional influx of voters from N.O. fleeing Katrina, which is probably part of the problem.
Of course, if we can reverse those trends, then it’s a different story.
“. I’ve never been able to get a solid feel for Craddick, whether he is a RINO squish or playing hardball with the RINOs “
News articles say some rats have voted for Craddick as Speaker, what does that tell you. On the other hand a google search of “rino craddick” yields results that indicated RINOs don’t like him.
“the Dems will be able to insist upon more favorable lines for Congressional seats, and we can’t have that.”
Damn right. A gain in 2010 is a must, need some breathing room before the remap. RINO state senator Jeff Wentworth is pushing for a non-partisan commission to do it. California first Jeff.