Obama's Secret War To Turn Texas Blue

Attorney General Eric Holder recently lobbed a political grenade into Texas as the Obama Administration stepped up his battle to break the Republican stranglehold on the Lone Star State. The vengeful Holder wants Texas to seek Justice Department approval for any changes in election laws.

Holder claims to be upset over Texas' voter ID law, despite a Supreme Court decision upholding the right of states to protect the integrity of elections through such means.  But Holder's maneuver is nothing more than a smokescreen for the administration's covert effort to turn Texas blue (Democrat).

The attorney general is angling to stick his nose into the state's redistricting plans so his department can manipulate the drawing of House districts to favor Democrats.  His legal posturing leaves no doubt this is about partisan politics, not the protection of voting rights.

What rankles Holder and his boss is this:  Republicans control both Texas Senate seats and have a lopsided majority in the House, claiming 24 of the 36 slots.  To make matters worse, some of the most vocal criticism of Obama's liberal agenda has been aired by Texas senators and representatives.
 
Obama and Holder are eyeing the 2014 mid-term elections, when they hope to reclaim the House of Representatives.  Republicans hold a 234-200 advantage in House seats.  With half of the House seats up for grabs next year, a Democrat victory would erase all opposition to Obama's radical agenda.

Obama political operatives have created a front organization, called "Battleground Texas," to raise funds, recruit volunteers and register voters in Texas.  Massive amounts of data have been collected by the group to zero in on Hispanics and women, traditional Democrat leaning groups.

Heading the organization are Jeane Brown and Jeremy Bird, the Obama campaign's former national field director.  Major fundraising efforts are already underway, including a March event held in Washington, D.C. headlined by San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, a Democrat frequently mentioned as a future gubernatorial candidate.

The effort obviously has the president's support.  Obama made ten trips to Texas, not including fundraisers, from 2009 to the end of last year, according to White House records.  He has already parachuted into the state twice this year to preach the Democrat campaign message.

What makes Obama and Democrats salivate is the decline of the white population in Texas and the growth of the Hispanic demographic.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics now comprise 38.1 percent of the Texas population, an increase from 32 percent in the 2000 census.

A Democrat demographer has forecast Hispanics will become a plurality in Texas as soon 2025. The prediction, based on census data and birth rate statistics, puts the Hispanic share of the population at 44 percent in 12 years.  Whites are estimated to be 38 percent.

However, Hispanic voter turnout in Texas has been traditionally low. In the last presidential election, only 38 percent of Hispanics turned up at the polls.  That compares to 48 percent of Hispanics nationwide.

That explains why Democrats are targeting Hispanics.  The Obama brigade wants to increase registration and voter turnout among this key demographic.    

Republicans are advised not to underestimate the Obama offensive.  The president's agents used the same tactic in Colorado to turn the former red state into a deep blue pocket of liberalism.  In 2007, Democrats took control of the state for the first time in more than 40 years.

The usual suspects have shown up to back the Democrat blitzkrieg in Texas.  Planned Parenthood officials have attended fundraisers. Clinton adviser Paul Begala was a featured speaker at one event. Hispanic community activists are also prominent in the camouflaged operation.

However, whispers of the Democrat cloak-and-dagger operation have reached Texas Republicans.

A  conservative organization, FreedomWorks, has announced plans to lead the fight to mobilize volunteers and activists to counter the Democrat chicanery.  Conservatives had better rally to defeat the president's political machine if they hope to keep taxes low, government small and freedom flourishing in Texas.

If Obama's surrogates succeed, there will be a lot of blue Texans.