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Rand Paul: Texas Could Turn Blue w/o CIR

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02-09-2014, 11:44 PM
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Bring some popcorn ladies and gentlemen as the GOP Civil War is about to break the Republicans in half

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said his former home state of Texas could easily turn blue if Republicans fail to adapt to shifts in the state.

Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Harris County Republican Party in Houston, Texas on Saturday, Paul warned that the Lone Star State "will be a Democratic state within 10 years if you don't change."

"That doesn't mean we give up on what we believe in, but it means we have to be a more welcoming party,” Paul said, according to CNN. “We have to welcome people of all races. We need to welcome people of all classes -- business class, working class.”

Paul pointed to immigration as one area where Republicans could enact more welcoming policies.

“We won’t all agree on it," Paul said, according to Politico. "But I’ll tell you, what I will say and what I’ll continue to say, and it’s not an exact policy prescription ... but if you want to work and you want a job and you want to be part of America, we’ll find a place for you.”

Paul, who was elected to his Kentucky seat in 2010, grew up in Texas, where his father Ron was a longtime U.S. congressman. He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, but left early to pursue a medical degree at Duke University.

The senator's remarks echo efforts by the Republican Party to broaden its appeal after major losses in the 2012 election. However, one year after the release of the so-called "autopsy," little has appeared to change in the party's approach to women and minority voters.

Some Democrats in Texas have seized on the shifting tide that Paul identifies. One Democratic super PAC, Battleground Texas, was launched specifically to back Democratic candidates in the state.

The most visible of these candidates is State Sen. Wendy Davis (D), whose filibuster of an anti-abortion bill last summer put her on the national radar. Davis is currently running for governor against Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R). Another Democratic state senator, Leticia Van De Putte, is running as lieutenant governor.
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Good. I hope they go fucking extinct.
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Good. I hope they go fucking extinct.
LOL, Win!!!!
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Good. I hope they go fucking extinct.
I don't think I could ever trust a republican.
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Republican party: Pushing problems down the road, or onto others, rather than act.
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Show them how it is on Nov elections!
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I'm okay with Texan Republicans actually.

Bush Jr. supported immigration reform during his term. Congressional republicans were against it, but Bush himself was and remains supportive of it. His brother Jeb married a Mexican and I wouldn't be surprised if the first Mexican-American in the white house is George P. Bush.

Likewise Rick Perry defended the Texas Dream Act during his party's primaries. It lost him the primary, but he defended it nonetheless.
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I hope AZ as well. Believe it or not, it's currently purple!
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I hope AZ as well. Believe it or not, it's currently purple!
It's not, it's really red but it's inching its way to getting to being a swing state. Though AZ senate republicans aren't bad - McCain and Flake, both being part of the Gang of 8.

(Yes I know McCain is an asshole flip-flopper, but currently he flipped-flopped to our side).
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I'm okay with Texan Republicans actually.

Bush Jr. supported immigration reform during his term. Congressional republicans were against it, but Bush himself was and remains supportive of it. His brother Jeb married a Mexican and I wouldn't be surprised if the first Mexican-American in the white house is George P. Bush.

Likewise Rick Perry defended the Texas Dream Act during his party's primaries. It lost him the primary, but he defended it nonetheless.
I feel tyhat for the Republican party to draw voters they need to support immigration at some level even if its just renewable work permits, which is really just what everyone needs. I would want more but the guarantee of renewing my work permit after Obama leaves office is what I am satisfied with at the moment.

I like very much the statement that Rand Paul made that you posted that if you want to work, we have a place for you. Truth I want to work more and I like to work very much. After I got my permit I now have 2 jobs, 1 full time during the day and one part time 3 nights in the week and weekends. they don't pay much but I have readjusted my self and I am going to school two nights out of the week.

There is much adjustments I need to keep doing like everyone else, we must continuously strive to improve with what we have and I very much like that Statement "but if you want to work and you want a job and you want to be part of America, we’ll find a place for you."

I havent paid much attention to the republican party since the last primary debates. But I do have some level of respect for republicans that stood their limited ground. I am very appreciative the differed action from Obama, and but I would not like to see the democratic party oppose any positive legislation set forth by the republican party. as we discussed in another threads earlier with txdream smooth and swim19. If The republican bill seems reasonable and the democrats oppose it because they don't want the republicans to take credit for it, they will make an ovious reveal that it is just a game of politricks.

If republicans run I would like to see good speakers, with ideas of the younger generation that arent fixated on the ideas of the past that no longer is. I don't want to see old greedy politicans, middle aged at the most but not old. I don't see the new yourlk governor r whoever as a good fit he just doesnt seem like a presentable charismatic individual.

My choisces for candidates if I could pick them would be. John Boehner because he now finally speaks of immigration , I know the republicans always blocked everything but if they are now willing to present their ideas the democrats would let everyone know its all games if they oposse. H e has annoyed me at past but I do think at times sice he critisizes Obama wwho has "tried", what would he do in his place.

I would also like to see Rand Paul because of his last stament. I enjoyed Ron Pauls libertarian views and his awknowledgemnt of US needing to fix a lot of things and fix the foreign policy and fiscal debht problems. But in the end Ron Paul didnt seem interested in the idea of immigration reform. Someone like Rand who recognises that should run because if he is knowlegeable like his father he should have good debates in the primaries and that is what I want to see, since Ron Paul brought out the worst of everyone else in the debates. We saw Perry and Romney being schooled, stumbling and mumbling in their own words. Paul made the other politicians seem really unprepared and unfocused. and still I wondered why Romney had so much support if he had no back bone and flipped on evey topic and had no idea what was going on.

I would like to see George P Bush. run and I wouldnt mind him become president although I wouldnt mind even less if he was vice president first. I think the republican party made a mistake in trying to start up a future for Marco Rubio, they should had focused on developing the career for George P Bush insted. George P Bush needs to be senator or something. He should be one of the rising stars in the hispanic and republican circles, not some one like Rubio who didnt even support the dream act.

I would also liek to se Paul Ryan run and continue his progress in Politics. In my opinion he seemd like he had good ideas
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