This is the second installment in my series about those pickup oppertunities in 2008 that don't look super promising. Second tier, if you will. About a month ago, I wrote the first installment about my homestate where we'll be working hard to knock off the nuttiest member of the Senate, Jim Inhofe. Today, I'll look at John Cornyn, a partisan right wing GOPer from the Lone Star State.
In all honesty, I felt much more hopeful about our chances as I wrote the first installment. Unlike Oklahoma, Texas does not have a deep bench of Democrats who hold state wide office. Nevertheless, there you'll be hard pressed to find someone with more passion and drive than a Texas Democrat. Our party has a proud history in the Lone Star state and while we're not the dominant force we once were, the legacy of Ralph Yarborough, Ann Richards and Sam Rayburn lives on. Additionally, Texas' rapid demographic shifts with an influx of Mexican immigrants is bound to restore our party to greatness. Taking back America starts in Texas and a partisan corporate minion like John Cornyn is the perfect place to start.
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