Texas Democrats are surprisingly managed to Austin

On the surface, Texas, is one of the red of the red Republican states. Republicans control all offices throughout the state. Indeed, no Democrat has won a statewide office in nearly 20 years, and Texas has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976. Republicans also control both houses by large majorities. The tradition of Texas is a Republican state seems fairly certain that the outgoing governor, Rick Perry boasted that “the University of Texas will change the colors of brown and white before Texas is purple, much less blue.” So with all this power locked in Republican hands, does this …