The only thing they settled was the Texas Senate map. The Congressional map still in limbo.

As their presidential candidate will probably be decided by then, so hopefully they'll be too pissed to even show up!

And to Wendy Davis We really need her presence to represent Tarrant County.

There are a number of current GOP officeholders who have tea party types running against them in their primaries. In Fort Bend County, there is a King Street Patriot idiot runing against Pete Olson. This lady has already won a straw poll of tea party members. Here is a link to her website http://www.barbaracarlsonforuscongress.com/ This lady is just as nuts as Allen West and Joe Walsh.

In a lowturnout race, a tea party type could defeat Pete Olson who has not really accomplished anything other than passing a resolution thanking O'Keefe and his girl friend for committing a fraud against ACORN.

Abbott's stupidity may well cause some of the current GOP officeholders to lose their primaries.

The head of the Texas Republicans is warning its members that the primaries may be moved to June 26 http://txredistricting.org/post/18216293069/texas-gop-says-june-26-primary-possible

There is a possibility that the San Antonio three-judge panel (which handles Section 2 challenges of the Voting Rights Act) will wait to see what the Washington D.C. three-judge panel (who handles Section 5 challenges of the Voting Rights Act) rules, and that subsequently, the San Antonio panel incorporates the D.C. panel’s findings into new maps. The D.C. panel indicated that it would not rule prior to March. Consequently, if the San Antonio panel is waiting on the D.C. panel, a May 29th primary could only be accomplished if the D.C. panel rules at the very start of March and the rulings can be incorporated into alterations of the maps within a few days. Otherwise, only the June 26th primary date is an option.

That will teach them a hard lesson. Of course the bad news is that if any of these tea party types actually win in their primaries we end up with that many more crazies in the Lege.

The Democratic Party is looking at rules for the Senate District/County conventions tonight and should approve these rules on Thursday.

The San Antonio Court evidently asked for the parties to tell the Court by Wednesday what is needed to hold the primaries on May 29. [link:http://txredistricting.org/post/18402871970/court-asks-political-parties-to-submit-update-by|

Sources advise that the San Antonio court has asked the Democratic and Republican parties to submit an advisory by this Wednesday, February 29, at 2 p.m., on changes to provisions of the Texas Election Code needed in order to have a May 29 primary

Here is a proposed timeline for the May 29 primary as proposed by the Democratic and Republican parties http://txredistricting.org/post/18527051110/proposed-order-on-election-schedule

Under the parties’ proposal:

The filing period would reopen Friday, March 2, and close a week later on Friday, March 9 at 6 p.m.

Ballot order draws would need to occur in each county on or before March 12, 2012.

Precinct boundaries would need to be redrawn by or before March 20, 2012.

Military and overseas mail ballots would need to be mailed by April 14, 2012.

New voter registration certificates would need to be issued by April 25, 2012.

The primary runoff would be July 31, 2012.

The San Antonio court has issued an order for the May 29 primary and the election of precinct chairs http://txredistricting.org/post/18565882338/court-enters-order-on-election-schedule Here is the summary of this order that I have sent to the candidates in my county

The filing period would reopen Friday, March 2, and close a week later on Friday, March 9 at 6 p.m.

Ballot order draws would need to occur in each county on or before March 12, 2012.

Precinct boundaries would need to be redrawn by or before March 20, 2012.

Military and overseas mail ballots would need to be mailed by April 14, 2012.

New voter registration certificates would need to be issued by April 25, 2012.

The primary runoff would be July 31, 2012.

The election for Precinct Chairs will be July 31, 2012 (the same day as the primary runoff).

For residency, the court ordered that candidates for state house and state senate need to be residents of the district they are running in by April 9.