Time for a Change?

On Thursday July 19th, 2012 Paul Burka posted an editorial on his blog, Burka Blog, about Obama’s recent declaration of Texas future as a swing state. In the article, “Politicio: InAustin, Obama predicts Texas will be a swing state,” it talks about Texas’ future as a dominate Republican state. The article is directed towards the Texas population, mainly Republicans to decide whether Obama’s statement could become true. Burka’s claim is stated towards the end where he flip flops from agreeing with Obama’s prediction that Texas is “destined” to change, but he then disagreed with the time frame stating the change will not occur till “2020.”

After reading this article it seems Democrats still have a fighting chance. In the article, the author had very acceptable proof to back up his claims. He had interviewed party chairman Steve Munisteri in a previous column and got his opinion towards the whole situation. Munisteri brought up demographics as a clear win for Democrats. He also brought up the fact that with the rising number of Hispanics and the absent relationship between them and Republicans that this could make or break Republican’s hold on Texas.  

After reading more facts presented and also doing a little research on Munisteri  I was persuaded to agree with both the author’s claims. I believe demographics are exactly what may change Republicans dominance over Texas. I also agreed with the author’s statement about how it might take a while because for one, like stated in the article, Texan Hispanics don’t vote and most have the values of a Republican which may take Democrats a while to change. Secondly, Steve Munisteri  is trying to make a relationship with Hispanics which could keep the Republican train moving and keep the Democratic party chasing after.