David Hill, a Texas pollster, had some bad news recently for his friends. Texas is trending like Colorado in the political catastrophe department, and the trending is trending younger and more Hispanic all the time, and how come they won't go our way?
According to Texas voters, GOSPers have some image issues to contend with. They are perceived as arrogant, racist, corrupt, angry, and unwelcoming. Their core issues -- like immigration and cultural values -- don't excite the younger, Hispanic voters they want to attract. Multiple dead Democrats, like Ann Richards and Lyndon Johnson, are far more popular than live Republicationists, like George W. Butch, George HW Bush, and George P. Bush, a young Hispanic.
We know some of our readers (okay, one) don't like Democrats, but down there in the land of two former presidents, the people say the GOSPers are behind on everything -- common sense (-11%), trustworthy, honest, and ethical (-12%), fair and impartial (-20%), care about people like me (-31%), and championing children, the poor, and the elderly (-41%).
Hill's advice is that when people ask about things they want like support for children's health care and investing in education, just tell 'em you got their tax cut right here.
(Thanks and a tip of the hat to a transplanted political junkie whose home team took a shellacking recently. He notes that Hill's advice may play a key role in Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson coming back to challenge known GOSPer Gov. Rick Perry, because she knows that given the choice between a Republicanator and a real Republicanator, Texas voters will go with the one whose hair is slightly higher.)
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