Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

[Replaced_Texan]

I attended a conference today where there was an update on the upcoming state legislative session. The bloodbath was much more severe here than anticipated. My fairly safe liberal district lost its D incumbent by less than 800 votes. We went from a 76(R)-74(D) house to 99(R)-51(D). The Senate isn't much better (19(R)-12(D)). The Governor had the highest percentage he's ever had. The GOTV efforts for the GOP were amazing.

We're $30 billion in the hole and there is no way in hell that any sort of revenue generating measures will be passed. No increased fees. No gambling. No increased alcohol tax. Nothing.

So the cuts are coming. And unemployment in this state is going to sky rocket because a shit ton of state workers, especially in higher education because it's more expendable than k-12, CHIP, and Medicaid, are going to be shit canned. Though I did hear a suggestion that Texas may just go ahead and opt out of Medicaid.

And these fuckers get to redistrict the state, too, this session.

I know that Rs all over the country are celebrating, but even the Rs at the conference were fairly terrified about the upcoming session. Thank god they only have 4 and a half months to inflict their carnage.

If ya'll wanna see what slash and burn republicans look like, keep an eye on Texas.