and the party itself is effectively owned by old white trial lawyers who are only Democrats because the GOP is the party of tort reform.
I laughed slightly too much at this.
It's true, though. The TX Dems can't win any elections for two main reasons:
1. They have zero connections to any business or industry other than plaintiffs' attorneys. The Republicans have a monopoly on oil & gas.
2. They can't find a Kathleen Sebelius-type candidate who can steal away enough Republicans to win an election. I'm not talking about Paul Sadler-types from rural East Texas. I'm talking about a centrist from a major city who has private sector connections to facilitate fundraising and who can win over white suburban voters.
Would Sadler have a chance if he was from, say, Dallas? I was watching his debate against Cruz and I was really impressed. And what really surprised me was how liberal he was (and I've read his positions on the issues on his website and he seems to be a real Democrat rather than a blue dog).
Cruz for example was talking about building a wall on the border with Mexico and he responded by saying that Mexico is our number 1 trading partner (I'm pretty sure they're number 2 but whatever), what kind of message does that send to them?
Edit: they're actually our 3rd largest trading partner behind Canada and China.
