Yes, the GOP Wave Turned Out to Be a Tsunami
Rick Perry won his third full term as governor of Texas Tuesday, defeating former Houston Mayor Bill White by a convincing margin and positioning himself for a role on the national stage.
And he led a Republican army that swept the statewide offices for the fourth election in a row, took out three Democratic congressmen and was on its way to a nearly two-thirds majority in the Texas House, a mark Republicans haven't seen since the days following the Civil War.
It was Perry's sixth statewide win — an uninterrupted run that began in 1990 when he left his ...
Comments (2)
DAnderson
What a complete victory for the republican party of Texas. The democratic/trail lawyer party of Texas is all but dead in this state. Hopefully the republican party will continue to use there power wisely to enhance freedom and opportunities for all Texans. Thank you Rick Perry for leading the ticket to a landslide victory.
Craig
There should be no "doubts" about Perry's political abilities. He's never lost a race. His pro-jobs, pro-capital, individual liberty, and free market philosophy is simply in line with the majority of Texans (and Americans for that matter), and he knows how to communicate it.