Mixed feelings about how POTUS' people are now focusing on TX

[rainbow4321]

All the years of the national Dem groups/politicians and Dem Presidents have written TX off, making us a fly over state when it came to public rallies, flying in for an hour long visit to collect money at private dinner parties in wealthy enclaves and then, poof, they are gone.

Now all I am reading is how POTUS' re-election people are flying down here to Texas (is this what it took to get them to spend time down here?)looking into what a mess the state has been in and making online forms available for Texans to fill out with horror stories.



Maybe a little more attention (and money) invested in us over the long term would have been better than this short term panic...I say short term cuz, IMHO, once Perry is no longer considered a threat, we will once again be put on the back shelf.

[blogslut]

1. I agree to a point

While on the whole, the DNC ignored us for a very long time, they did not ignore us in 2008.

[w8liftinglady]

2. you make a good point. Democrats DO have a large population here

In several major groups- LGBT, African-American, Hispanic,union members and state/independent school district teachers.We-Democrats- can be a HUGE voting bloc if organized here.

[emulatorloo]

4. Then why don't we ever go blue?

Texas native here, living in the mid-west.

The GOP propaganda machine has really ruled since they took out Ann Richards.

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. Perry, Strayhorn, Gramm...

...go here and search on 'Texas'.

A lot of your Democrats turn out to be Republicans.

[Tx4obama]

8. Because of all the republicans in the 'rural' areas.

The BIG cites as far as the presidential election in 2008 were blue.
Obama won just about all of our largest cities/counties: Dallas/Dallas, Houston/Harris, Austin/Travis, San Antonio, El Paso, etc.
The only large city McCain won was Ft. Worth (the home of the rednecks).

[SpiralHawk]

3. Texas Republicons screwed Texas

...so when Texans start in with their Whiney-Twangy Thingy about how 'socialist' Uncle Sam has not saved their dried up keesters for them, it totally rings hollow.

Facts is facts.

[peace frog]

5. Florida TeabaggerCons did the same to my state

I thought Jeb Bush was a disaster, then along comes Rick Scott and blows ole Jeb right outta the running for Worst Governor in the History of the State of Florida.

[Tx4obama]

7. Where were you in 2008?

Obama held a lot of rallies here in Texas during the 2008 campaign.
And the Obama campaign team had their OFA folks all over Texas.
One of the folks (that came from out of state) that set up the Houston Obama campaign office actually came to one of my/our local group's meetups even before the official Obama office was set up.

I think that the Obama campaign team did quite a bit of work down here during 2008, and Obama did spend quite a lot of time down here doing rallies etc - NOT only fundraising. Perhaps some folks just didn't notice.

[Tx4obama]

9. Here's a link to an article regarding the OFA's Rick Perry Oppo research

Obama Campaign Crowd-Sourcing Rick Perry Oppo Research?
http://www.mediaite.com/online/obama-campaign-crowd-sourcing-rick-perry-oppo-research/