talk about bold!!
National Democrats are taking steps to create a large-scale independent group aimed at turning traditionally conservative Texas into a prime electoral battleground, crafting a new initiative to identify and mobilize progressive voters in the rapidly-changing state, strategists familiar with the plans told POLITICO.The organization, dubbed “Battleground Texas,” plans to engage the state’s rapidly growing Latino population, as well as African-American voters and other Democratic-leaning constituencies that have been underrepresented at the ballot box in recent cycles. Two sources said the contemplated budget would run into the tens of millions of dollars over several years - a project Democrats hope has enough heft to help turn what has long been an electoral pipe dream into reality.
nothing beats a failure, but a try.
Texas hard nosed can let it go right wingers who don't allow too much liberalism, their enforcement ranges from Perry down to the base of intolerant's.
can't help but worry about those who would work toward change, we all know the record of those who implement change of more equality in the south, we still don't know what or where some are today.
In a statement to POLITICO, Bird said the group would be “a grassroots organization that will make Texas a battleground state by treating it like one.”
“With its diversity and size, Texas should always be a battleground state where local elections are vigorously contested and anyone who wants to be our commander in chief has to compete and show they reflect Texas values. Yet for far too long, the state’s political leaders, both in Austin and in Washington, D.C., have failed to stand for Texans,” said Bird, who recently founded a consulting firm, 270 Strategies. “Over the next several years, Battleground Texas will focus on expanding the electorate by registering more voters – and as importantly, by mobilizing Texans
couldn't find it but you remember Rick Perry saying about some group "if they come down here we won't treat them so good", how do you think they will react to those trying to alter their good life of tyranny? will need to drag kicking and screaming while holding on to their guns, how many "stand your ground" cases would we see?
