It’s propaganda 101. If the TX delegation shunned Obama en masse, it would look bad for him. I.e.: it would look like people assigned a certain measure of culpability to Obama, and wanted to keep their distance.
If one of the two Senators is happy to ride on AF1 with him, Obama’s in the clear. No one is holding him responsible to any degree, and he’s free to carry on his potentially lethal race hustling unimpeded.
Interesting take on it.
I had assumed the Senior Senator from Texas Cornyn was also on AF1, turns out he wasn’t. Hmmmmmmm...
I may be changing my support for this after all. #;^)