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To: RetiredNow who wrote (542260)	1/8/2010 8:55:15 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575941

Houston is liberal democrat for the most part. Dallas is another matter. When I lived there in the Carter/Reagan years, I saw a LOT of people who had been Ds switch during the Reagan years. My friends from Dallas that I talk with now are all pretty conservative, even those who like me were liberal in the late 70s. I know a lot of people in Dallas, and I think a lot of them were willing to give O. a chance but he has long since blown it.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (542260)	1/9/2010 11:24:50 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575941

Houston's mayoral elections are officially non-partisan, but actually all its mayors in recent years have been Democrat. Its a Democrat bastion. Though the Democrats are more practical and less idealogically left than the Travis county kind. Take the last election, the candidates were 1 hispanic Republican, 1 rich black establishment Democratic lawyer, 1 REALLY rich white Democrat (married into the Schlumberger family), 1 white Democrat lesbian (who'd worked for Mosbacher (Bush's Commerce Secretary) Energy for 18 years before going into city politics - serving as city council and controller). The Republican got the least number of votes in the first round of voting. The runoff election was between the black Democratic lawyer and the white lesbian Democratic city controller. The previous Mayors have been Democrat since I've lived here: Bill White, Lee Brown, Bob Lanierr, Kathy Whitmire. Lanier was the best, White second best. Whitmire let crime get out of control, hope Parker doesn't do the same. That will be where she can screw up the most. *Showing that oil and Democrats do mix. Oil and liberals is something else.