I keep reading articles and opinions about this, and every time it appears we are just supposed to wait for the demographics to do their thing and Texas will magically turn blue some time in the future. You say the GOP needs to start doing things to court the various demographics.... That is true, but the dems can't just leave those folks hanging either or the GOP may just be able to make inroads. I know it is unlikely, but it is foolish to chance it, AND even if they can't, we risk apathy in the new voters if the dems keep to their hands off approach.
Texas has been written off by the national party for years, save for the brief time Dean was at the DNC when there was a notice-able difference made. If they had put even a little bit of effort ala Deans 50 state strategy, the margins would not be nearly so wide right now. But the party (and here on this board), people just say "Fuck Texas we can't win there, so don't even bother, (liberals should just move)." 
Dems need to get candidates in EVERY race (local, state and national), rural and urban, even if they don't seem winnable, and there needs to be more national support and development for them, and they need to spend some money down here generally. It pisses me off that we keep getting written off, and now that there is some hope for the future, the dems still seem content not to do anything here... just cross fingers and wait to see how the demographic stuff works out.
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