Sep 19, 2009
Americans are more conservative today than at any point in the last sixteen years, but you wouldn’t know it to look at our government—for the first time in recent memory, we have a liberal House, Senate, and President.
Texas has been and remains one of the bedrock states for conservative ideals, but some may question that statement if they look at the Texas House —the GOP has lost twelve seats in six years, and now holds only a two seat majority over the Democrats.
If our nation is largely conservative (40% of Americans identify themselves as conservatives; 35% as moderates; and only 21% as liberals), and Texas is more conservative than most states—why do only 40% of Texans identify themselves as Republicans, while 42% call themselves Democrats?
Perhaps the Democrats have become more conservative? Far from it: the Democrats are today more liberal than they have been at any point in history.
Then the cause must be sought in our own Party. The last many years have seen a gradual loss of vitality and strength of the Republican Party of Texas (“RPT”). We have become fragmented. Fiscal conservatives have worked around the Party. And social conservatives,...
Sep 19, 2009
Counterfeit Conservatives
No more than twenty percent of Texans are liberal; yet almost fifty percent of the Texas House is Democratic. It is unreasonable to think that the liberal ideals of the Democratic Party appeal to almost half of Texans—and the Democrats know that. That is why many Democratic representatives in Texas campaign under the guise of moderate (or even conservative!) principles; it’s the only way they’ll get elected—and they know that. But moderate Democratic campaigns rarely result in moderate representatives, even if the legislator really is somewhat moderate. No matter what any given Democrat may believe, the Party is a liberal party at its core; and the true, unabashed liberals have a firm majority in the caucus. No matter what most “conservative” Democrats may say on the campaign trail, they end up voting with the liberal majority within their party. The examples are plentiful. Farabee, Heflin, McReynolds, Hopson, Homer, and Ritter, all Democrats who campaigned as “moderates” or “conservatives” to appeal to voters in their largely conservative districts, all said they supported the conservative initiative in favor of voter...
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It is unreasonable to think that the liberal ideals of the Democratic Party appeal to almost half of Texans—and the Democrats know that. That is why many Democratic representatives in Texas campaign under the guise of moderate (or even conservative!) principles; it’s the only way they’ll get elected—and they know that. But moderate Democratic campaigns rarely result in moderate representatives, even if the legislator really is somewhat moderate. No matter what any given Democrat may believe, the Party is a liberal party at its core; and the true, unabashed liberals have a firm majority in the caucus. No matter what most “conservative” Democrats may say on the campaign trail, they end up voting with the liberal majority within their party. The examples are plentiful. 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It is unreasonable to think that the liberal ideals of the Democratic Party appeal to almost half of Texans—and the Democrats know that. That is why many Democratic representatives in Texas campaign under the guise of moderate (or even conservative!) principles; it’s the only way they’ll get elected—and they know that. But moderate Democratic campaigns rarely result in moderate representatives, even if the legislator really is somewhat moderate. No matter what any given Democrat may believe, the Party is a liberal party at its core; and the true, unabashed liberals have a firm majority in the caucus. No matter what most “conservative” Democrats may say on the campaign trail, they end up voting with the liberal majority within their party. The examples are plentiful. 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