It's the tea party vs business repubs again in Texas GOP primary showdown.

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Senate race, immigration split Texas GOP meeting

The convention's main fight centered on the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Tea party darling Ted Cruz and mainstream Republican favorite David Dewhurst are headed to a July 31 runoff, with the winner almost certain to prevail in November's general election. Cruz is a fiery former state solicitor general who excites grassroots groups, while Dewhurst has held the powerful position of lieutenant governor since 2003 and worked closely with the Texas GOP establishment for years.

But there were other divisions. Ron Paul supporters chaffed at calls to close ranks around former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential bid, and ultimately successful efforts to soften the state party's stance on immigration sparked debate that stretched until almost midnight June 8.

The Texas Democratic Party dismissed the GOP platform's new provisions as creating "a permanent underclass for immigrants." "Republicans believe that immigrants can work in our fields but not live our neighborhoods," party spokeswoman Rebecca Acuna said in a statement. "Republicans think working immigrants should permanently hold second-class status."

Yet the 2012 platform hammered out at the Fort Worth Convention Center still includes many traditional policies, including limiting citizenship to children of U.S. citizens, instead of granting it to all babies born on American soil, and encouraging public schools not to allow the children of illegal immigrants to enroll. It backs voter identification laws, calls for abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and urges passage of "constitutional carry" legislation, which would allow concealed firearms to be carried without restriction.

http://dailytrib.com/news/associated-press/15713-senate-race-immigration-split-texas-gop-meeting

There may still be fighting between tea party and establishment republicans over immigration, but it sounds like they agree on most of the rest of their idiotic platform. Any chance for the Democrat in the Senate election this fall?