The general population leans slightly conservative, but the state legislature is so deeply conservative you might as well call it the red planet. It's going to get worse before it gets better, because those 5.9 million people are the ones writing all the laws and writing all the checks.
I waver between hope and hopelessness regarding the Texas state legislature, but I think people like this guy, a former high school classmate of mine, deserve a lot of credit for fighting the good fight. You shouldn't paint all Texans with the same brush.
