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PCIntern

(25,554 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 10:55 PM Oct 2012

Eventually, probably not in my lifetime, Texas will go Blue

And the Rethuglican Party, as we know and love it today is history. Arizona may flip soon as well, and that's why the lovely governor there wants to keep it lily-white.

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Eventually, probably not in my lifetime, Texas will go Blue (Original Post) PCIntern Oct 2012 OP
Jimmy Carter won Texas in 1976. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #1
It will as early as 2016 budkin Oct 2012 #2
Trending purple in 2020. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #6
...and the earths magnetic field position will also reverse. L0oniX Oct 2012 #3
I think that right now TX is getting redder, not bluer. LisaL Oct 2012 #7
Ann Richards Was Elected Governor Not That Long Ago ChoppinBroccoli Oct 2012 #4
1990 NoPasaran Oct 2012 #8
I'd be one of 'em. =) n/t AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #10
I was just thinking of Castro today LeftInTX Oct 2012 #11
Well right now TX is getting ready to send a tea party candidate to the senate. LisaL Oct 2012 #5
ugh don't remind me smackd Oct 2012 #9

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
7. I think that right now TX is getting redder, not bluer.
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:26 PM
Oct 2012

Obama has no shot here, and the senator TX elects will be from a tea party.
And of course there is governor Perry.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
4. Ann Richards Was Elected Governor Not That Long Ago
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:20 PM
Oct 2012

I think if we can give them a credible Texas Democrat to vote for, Texas would turn blue. Maybe in a few years, our Keynote Speaker will be that person. One never knows. Strange things happen every day.

NoPasaran

(17,291 posts)
8. 1990
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:13 AM
Oct 2012

A baby born the year she was defeated for re-election is now old enough to vote. How the time flies.

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