Here's an idea I have been mulling...

[LostOne4Ever]

3. I think that working at increasing democratic bases throughout the state

[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','comic sans MS',fantasy;" size=3 color=teal]is a [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]great idea[/font]. We shouldn't completely give up on red counties and should work to start chipping away at those strongholds.

Of course, conversely, I think that [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]during an election[/font] that investing large or similar amounts of resources and capital into trying to win county's like Midland Country at the expense of more balanced counties is [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]a bad idea.[/font] I just think giving up on the red counties all together is a [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]worse idea.[/font]

We do have liberals out here in West Texas and it would have been nice to have seen [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]at least one[/font] Wendy Davis ad. But I didn't even see that...

It will take time and effort to break the GOP's chokehold on Texas. We shouldn't give up on the red counties, but we shouldn't be unrealistic in our expectations either. I think the key is to find the right [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]balance[/font] between building inroads and utilizing our resource in the most efficient way to win elections.[/font]