Rick Perry not riding off into the sunset.

[Vortigern99]

Right now, my anecdote is reflected in the electoral make-up of the state. Yours is not (although I wish it were).

As an aside, the Galleria area isn't a suburb.

Care to offer some evidence of the hilited that we can discuss, rather than a bare assertion?*

The suburb of Houston where I grew up (Briargrove) is in the Galleria area. Any neighborhood outside the Loop is considered suburban. Also, see Dr. Keith's post on the matter (he and I went to the same middle school, at the western edge of Houston).

ETA: *You might begin by addressing the following, which I posted upthread: "...gerrymandering districts to favor certain parties; election engineering; voter suppression (generally of minorities and poor persons who might be more likely to lean leftward); and the fact that more older people (who tend to be more conservative) vote than younger people (who tend to be more liberal)."

 

[Vortigern99]

I wouldn't say that Texas is evenly split ideologically, but that social and economic progressives are both making good head way again. The state's conservative bias appears to me to be largely helped by the usual ideological laziness and political inertia you find anywhere. There are few people that I have met that liked Ted Cruz but felt any conservative was better than a Democratic senator. Democratic politicians can be well respected by a good number of conservatives here but they have to stand out and really prove themselves first.

As to ideological laziness, I hear quite a few interesting ideas periodically. A number of conservatives I know will in the same sentence condemn progressive taxation while stating the rich should pay a larger portion of their income in taxes. I saw this in my native Oregon too but the bias was different overall. So I end up seeing a lot of support for the anti-progressive politicians but few people who actually approve of a flat rate taxation setup. In general, I would say most locals are in favor of improving immigration to allow larger numbers from hispanic nations to migrate legally though not necessarily as citizens.

This is a reasonable summation of the current political climate, even if I disagree with the first sentence.

 

[fuelair]

Rick Perry not riding off into the sunset. Maybe he just wants some santorum from the other Rick...........


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_"santorum"_neologism


and then he can ride off into the sunset, butt hurt but happy...........