Don’t Mess With Texas
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
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Tom Elia notes that the buzz about Hillary Clinton’s fundrasing success in “Bush country” does not take into account that Texas is a really big place.
Indeed, I am reliably informed, it’s like a whole ‘nother country.
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Tom has it right. Just as I have no doubt there are places in NY Bush could go and raise funds, there are similar places in Texas.
The ‘peoples republic of Austin’ is a prime example. You would have more cause to say California is trending republican because Arnold was elect Governor than to say that Hillary shows blue state appeal because she can raise money in Austin. A red butt baboon could raise funds in Austin if you could train him to through his poo at a picture of Bush.
Now the rest of Texas, that gets a bit more interesting for Hillary. Let’s see her press the flesh at some county fairs.
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“Just as I have no doubt there are places in NY Bush could go and raise funds, there are similar places in Texas.”
Yep. It’s called Austin.
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If Bush were to go to Rochester and Buffalo, he’d get decent showings, espicially if he were to travel some of the more rural areas between those two cities. I hardly think the media would be surprised, though. ;) Many of them live in New York, so they understand how the state works. Many of them don’t live near enough to Texas to understand that Texas does not equal Bush votes throughout the state.
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I suspect they think all modern-day Texas Rangers wear short-trimmed beards and use Asian martial arts to arrest lawbreakers.
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Everything’s bigger and better in Texas.
I’m not so sure about better. However, when you cross the border with Louisiana, the mile marker is four didgits. I was impressed.
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They trimmed back the beards, but martial arts is still required.
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[...] First off, good for Hillary to fundraise if that’s what she wants to do. We all know she will run for president in 2008 so it is a strategically smart move for her to do. Sargent’s knowledge of the state of Texas though is about as good as Google can provide. His facts, I assume, are accurate, but he fails to take into fact the makeup of this vast state. As a side note, President Bush has also held several fundraisers in Dallas and he has done quite well. He has strong support in North Dallas, also where he has come for a few fundraisers. Ace weighs in on this story mentioning election results in these districts. Dallas, largely, is a Democratic city. Austin is a Liberal mecca. San Antonio, which is in Broward County, is considered a Republican city. Dallas though has some very rich people that live within the area including a former DNC Chairman who used to be the CEO of a company called Goldman Sachs. Sargent also takes into consideration this state used to be very blue, politically speaking. This is also why I have a hard time believing the idea that an increase in Latino immigrants will bode well for the Democratic Party. Latinos, as a general rule, are faithful. The leadership of the Democratic Party isn’t exactly religious, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. As James Joyner points out, Texas is a big place. Indeed it is, but the Dallas area is huge. The Dallas area also consists of another city, Fort Worth. Taken with the several suburbs in the region, there are millions of people that vote on either side of the aisle. I live in North Dallas which is a Conservative area. There is a lot of money in North Dallas (I wish I had some of it). Because of no state income tax, this state attracts very wealthy people. It is hardly out of the question anyone could come to Texas and have good fundraisers. [...]
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Hopefully some one will take her hunting, only with bigger shot.
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Dave,
“However, when you cross the border with Louisiana, the mile marker is four didgits. I was impressed. ”
We have a saying down here, ‘You can’t leave Texas by land’. It comes from the hilarity of watching Yankees arrive in Texas and think that while there here they could pop over and see Carlsbad Caverns and get some drinks on Bourbon street because those are in states “right next to Texas”.
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