Obama Says Texas Will Be a Battleground State ‘Soon’

abc ^ | Jul 17, 2012 4:36pm | Arlette Saenz

[Red Steel]

SAN ANTONIO — Greeting a crowd of donors with “Hello San Antone,” President Obama revved up Democrats in the traditionally red state by telling them he sees shades of purple in Texas that might ultimately turn blue down the line.

“The next four months, you guys won’t see them, because, you know, you’re not considered one of the battleground states, although that’s going to be changing soon In the next four months,” Obama said of negative ads at a fundraising luncheon at a downtown convention center here.

“There is going to be more money spent than we’ve ever seen before, folks writing $10 million checks to try to beat me, running ads with scary voices and basically one message,” he said. “I mean, it’s a very simple message, you know. Their message is the economy is not where it needs to be and it’s Obama’s fault… There will be variations on the theme, but it will be the same message over and over and over again. That’s what they’re banking on, because they can’t sell their actual economic plan. So their goal is to see if they can knock us down.”

Obama’s Texas fundraising swing, which is expected to net more than $4 million for his re-election effort, according to campaign officials, is squeezed in between campaign trips to two battleground states — Ohio on Monday and Florida at the end of the week.

Jimmy Carter was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Texas, in 1976. In 2008, then-candidate Obama lost Texas to Republican Sen. John McCain by nearly 12 points.

[Hokestuk]

Sad, and scary. An excellent comment on your part, Road G. This somehow reminds me of the situation for a couple of decades before the Civil War. The South new that they were going to be ramrodded if the new states came in against them. So they wanted out. Of course that didn’t work out too well for them. And what is it that can work for us now in the face of this demographic scourge?

[38special]

Well said. It is inevitable.

[zeestephen]

I'm amazed Obama said this before the election.

So many Republicans and Conservatives - even here at Free Republic - are in absolute denial about the political impact of new immigrant citizens.

New citizen voter turnout is quite low, but they vote 80% for the Democrat Party.

[clearcarbon]

President Obama revved up Democrats in the traditionally red state by telling them he sees shades of purple in Texas that might ultimately turn blue down the line.

He needs to stay off the opiates.

[kearnyirish2]

Those anchor babies are already a factor in the northeast, where Hispanics are displacing blacks as the pillar of Democrat voting strength. More babies, and a continued influx (with no end in sight) - more than enough to offset black population growth (which has fallen dramatically since the 1996 welfare reform).

[KC_Lion]

The founders included property and literacy requirements to insure that outright redistribution of income wasn’t the result. That’s a big problem with democracy. We better figure out how to stop the low income illegal immigrant class from gaining control, or this country is done

100% Correct, the Founders wanted people who had a stake in the future of the country, not those who saw it as an unlimited Charity.

So only those who contributed got to vote on how the money was spent, a very good system.

But that is not Democracy, that is Liberty, Democracy is another name for Kelptocracy.

So be for Liberty, not Democracy.

[stevie_d_64]

FReeper Road Glide wrote some very good stuff there in #34 IIRC...

I would like to add that since in this last election cycle, both the democratsand the GOP elitists in our leadership have give Texas a back burner role in this election...

By the delays in holding the primaries, the precinct/senatorial(county) and the state convention process, nothing was established, nothing was resolved, the state was basically designed to be given to Romney, in the only way he was going to get it...But even then he only got 88 out of the 155 delegates, if I heard correctly...So that is nowhere near a mandate...

So with what we have left, it doesn’t surprise me that some folks are saying that Texas is becoming a battleground state...

Those very people need to be warned to be careful what they wish for...

Needless to say I am not impressed with the direction this state is going...

[EyeGuy]

Mark Steyn has written about this as nothing less than a threat to the legacy of Christian Western Civilization built up over centuries.

Race War?

Already WELL under way, with only the “persons of color” side using live ammunition......

[Aetius]

Maybe, but the numbers don’t lie. Democrats always win the black and Hispanic vote in Texas. Maybe by not as large a margin as elsehwere (at least with latinos), but it’s still a growing problem for the GOP.