Dem Castro weighs challenge to Cruz

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7. Another factor is that every year more Texas Latinos turn 18

As I posted earlier, Latinos make up about 40 percent of the population of Texas. That didn't matter so much while Slick Rick Perry was Governor, many of them were in the toddlers-to-re-teen age bracket.

The problem for the Rethugs is that these kiddies are older now. Eighteenth birthday, American-born and all that. Also, while Texas Afro-Americans tend to live in segregated neighborhoods, Texas Latinos are a bit more spread out. Even omitting East and South Asians, Texas suburbs aren't as Whitebread as they were when I was a kid.

A lot of the Texas Rethug success has been due to to the Texas GOP not letting their Latino-bashing go as far as in other, whiter states (Although it's here, too). But with the rise of the Tea Party and the success of hardline immigrant-bashing in safely Republican districts, the Texas GOP may be forgetting some of the reasons for its previous electoral success.

It was easy for the Texas Republicans to push their agenda without channeling Chris Kobach, but they've decided to quaff the big T-branded Koolaid.

I like to think that there will be consequences next time around.