I wonder if next political session will be the most conservative ever.
I believe the Tea Party movement is sweeping across America and conservatives are celebrating too. It was recent that conservative (Texas) state house and senate members acknowledged the Tea Party and gain their trust.
Governor Perry is riding high with the tea party types. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who is the Senate's presiding officer, gives every appearance of wanting to be right there with him. Even House Speaker Joe Straus, a San Antonio Republican who was elected mostly with Democratic backing, has new support in the chamber's GOP caucus -- and leeway to tilt rightward, if the Republicans hold and expand their majority.
Once again conservatives are wildly celebrating the conservative citizen movement that is sweeping across America this is echoed by," Sen. Dan Patrick, the Houston Republican and talk-radio host who founded the group, said on its Web site.
Last year, Gov. Rick Perry found his re-election groove when he was at a presser by House member and Republican, Rep. Brandon Creighton, of Conroe. The purpose was to support a resolution hailing the 10th Amendment, which reserves to the states powers not delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution.
Also joining the Independent Conservative Republicans of Texas were 12 Dallas-Fort Worth House members and four area senators, including Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound. She was quoted in a press release as saying, "The voters placed their trust in us because we share their values." That puts the onus on conservatives to govern that way, Nelson said.
It seems to me that Texas lawmakers are in step with the tea party in a nut shell.
Texas GOP Vote 2010
http://www.texasgopvote.com/blog/reflections-precinct-convention-03153
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