Obama to continue campaigning in Texas

It's more attention than we have gotten from any previous Dem prez candidate


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/topstories/stories/062608dntexobama.3cc73c5.html

Barack Obama's campaign manager said Wednesday that he has no illusions about winning Texas this fall. But as part of the Democrat's "50-state strategy," he'll send a dozen or more staffers to the state, tapping volunteers to call voters in real battlegrounds and – perhaps – help win enough Texas legislative races to influence the next round of congressional redistricting.

"First of all, we want people to help Barack Obama win the presidency. But I think in a state like Texas, there's House races, there's state Senate races, and we're going to encourage people to get involved," said campaign manager David Plouffe, who detailed some of Mr. Obama's plans for the next four months.

"It's certainly a welcome development," said Matt Angle, a longtime strategist whose Lone Star Project has been working to rebuild the state party. "It's an indication that Obama has resources that previous nominees didn't have, and also he's got insight that previous nominees didn't show."

He said an active campaign by Mr. Obama could help candidates lower on the ballot. Texas stands to pick up three or four U.S. House seats after the 2010 census, and control of the Legislature can affect the balance of power in Washington – as the party learned in the redistricting of 2004, when it lost a half-dozen seats.

that they may very well have Texas ripped out from underneath them...at least on a state/Congressional level.
Chipping away the repuke regime down here bit by bit.

It worked in 2006. Downticket Dallas County repukes were tossed out on their asses..all the repuke judges fired. I remember reading how one local repuke pol said in the paper he laid the fault squarely at chimpass' feet. And that was not a prez election and it was well before Obama. Tx repukes are so screwed this November!