"Eating Crow About Texas Politics"

Paul Burka once more demonstrates how "right about Texas politics" he really is. Ah well, at least he's man enough to say he got some things wrong. Barrett's November re-election is an even tougher row to hoe, but his win this week certainly changes the narrative on what really constitutes a "Republican district."

Back in the illegal DeLay redistricting insanity, this lil blog was crawling with Republican apologists who suggested that districts represented by Jim Turner, Charlie Stenholm, Chet Edwards and Ralph Hall were drawn to be "Democratic districts." Nevermind the absence of other Democrats winnning so much as a plurality in their jurisdictions. Funny how silent that vacuous argument is these days. By the same logic, one would have to believe that the lege drew the current 17th & 22nd CD to be a Democratic district. Which would be ironic since the guy who used to represent the 22nd is the one who controlled how the maps were drawn.