I enjoyed this Politico piece by Glenn Thrush on President Obama’s supposed determination to compete in Texas. Of course, Obama would like his Texas donors to think he’ll compete there, much like President Bush wanted his California donors to think he was really competing there.
The best quote comes from Karl Rove, who has some experience with the state’s politics:
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The point of the piece is that the growing Hispanic population in Texas is something Democrats hope to exploit someday. But not all minorities vote equally Democratic, and not all Hispanic minorities are equal, either. Texas Hispanics are considerably more Republican than their California counterparts, for example.
Gov. Rick Perry, R, whose talk of secession and the like made him not exactly the ideal candidate for anything, turned in a respectable 55 percent showing in 2010, and that included 38 percent of the Hispanic vote. He got this in a good Republican year, but also against the best candidate Texas Democrats had on their bench. George W. Bush won nearly 50 percent of Texas Hispanics’ votes in 2004.
