Down here, we are used to being treated like the red headed step-child of the Democratic Party. It's ok. We've made peace with sending you all our money and getting nothing in return. Now you show up, plying us with questions, needing favors, wanting a decisive answer, and frankly it's unfamiliar and a little disturbing.
The last time we held national party attention Bill Clinton was President, Ann Richards was Governor, and Texas political stars were aplenty. And then the Bush-Rove machine kicked our ass and we were set aside for being "soft".
Well, if we're soft, the world is a marshmallow. Yes, you.
We know you will probably stop paying attention after Tuesday. Even if we turn out in amazing numbers, even if we send a decisive message, even if we deliver what the national party seems to so desperately need. Sigh.
So, before we go and give you our hybrid election opinion, there are a few things about Texas I would like you to know....
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