Is a blue Texas inevitable? (Denton, Montgomery: bills, suburbs, affluent)

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by bman15470

Dopo, look at Dem strong hold states, TOILET. Now look at Repub states. Lesson over.

You mean like Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, And Kentucky? All Republican states and all are having major economic problems right now.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by wpmeads

You mean like Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, And Kentucky? All Republican states and all are having major economic problems right now.

Wisconsin isn't a Republican state. Nevada is more purple if anything. But you have a good point. Georgia is a Republican state and it is having problems. It has been having problems for a while. In 2007, the drought was so bad that there was the threat of running out of water. The economy has been going bad in Georgia too. I should know because I live there. Louisiana is a Republican state and there have been alot of problems there for the last 5 years. Actually, some of the most violent cities in the USA(Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans(the nation's murder capital), Memphis, Jackson) are in Republican states.

Texas hasn't gone bad because it has alot to fall back on.

[TexasHorseLady]

Well, now, Louisiana had to deal with the aftermath of Katrina, so I don't know if that's quite fair.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Well, now, Louisiana had to deal with the aftermath of Katrina, so I don't know if that's quite fair.

I have family from Louisiana, mainly near New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Things were bad before Katrina.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Wisconsin isn't a Republican state. Nevada is more purple if anything. But you have a good point. Georgia is a Republican state and it is having problems. It has been having problems for a while. In 2007, the drought was so bad that there was the threat of running out of water. The economy has been going bad in Georgia too. I should know because I live there. Louisiana is a Republican state and there have been alot of problems there for the last 5 years. Actually, some of the most violent cities in the USA(Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans(the nation's murder capital), Memphis, Jackson) are in Republican states.

Texas hasn't gone bad because it has alot to fall back on.

Also, if you look at Washington and Massachusetts, which are both very liberal states, haven't done all that bad during the recession compared to other states. That, and it's not like Texas hasn't had it's economic troubles in the past. I think your right about Texas though.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by wpmeads

Also, if you look at Washington and Massachusetts, which are both very liberal states, haven't done all that bad during the recession compared to other states. That, and it's not like Texas hasn't had it's economic troubles in the past. I think your right about Texas though.

I lived in both Washington state and in Texas as a child. My father told me that he felt like he should have stayed in either Texas or Washington because he had stable work there. When I lived in Texas, it was the late 1980's, and the oil industry wasn't doing that great. My father was an engineer in Texas and found work in the aerospace industry. That is part of my point about Texas having things to fall back on. The same state that makes Doritos, Dell computers, and TI-84 calculators also makes rockets, aeroplanes, ice cream, helicopters, and other stuff. Dallas, a big oil city, is also home to Panda Energy:Panda Energy International, Inc. > Home. Texas is a big, diverse state with alot of things in it would make sense that Texas would stay relatively stable.

[Bo]

I heard a local news commentator state this morning that polling research is showing that Bill White will easily win the governor's race in November if the Republican opponent is Rick Perry, but that he would have a more difficult time winning against Kay Bailey Hutchison.

[catman]

I'd be very surprised if a Democrat won, but we shall see. Hutchison has a lot more money to spend than Perry, who I think has worn out his welcome. He didn't do himself any favors with the Trans-TX Corridor fiasco.

[Lovely95]

Originally Posted by wpmeads

Also, if you look at Washington and Massachusetts, which are both very liberal states, haven't done all that bad during the recession compared to other states. That, and it's not like Texas hasn't had it's economic troubles in the past. I think your right about Texas though.

I agree. I don't think the party necessarily has anything to do with it, or, let's just say, shouldn't be fully blamed. It's more of the person in charge. I think if you have some good leaders, the state can do well despite the political party.

[TexasHorseLady]

I think a great deal has to do with the people actually living in the state, as well, and their approach to life and finance.