and Dewhurst is fighting back. You and I are in the same state (for now), so I have the same access you do. I haven’t been to Red State in a while (and this is the last race I’m following, so after this you probably won’t see me again unless something interesting happens ) so I don’t know what other Dew backers have been doing. But Cruz supporters aren’t clean and innocent either. This morning I woke up to a nasty tweet saying that Dewhurst needs to get in contact with a rope saleman (supposedly to go hang himself) come Tuesday and he needs to take Gov. Perry and Dan Patrick with him. Now if that isn’t the sickest thing I’ve ever heard! All over a d*mn race! Then there are the attacks on Capt. Dan Moran for having the nerve to support Dewhurst.

These kind of things coupled with a lack of record of actually DOING something made me switch. I believe in the traditional role of the Senate where the founders wanted cooler heads to prevail and a give voice to the states. Cruz seems to want to pick a fight with everyone and be obstinate before he even gets there. We’ve got enough of that going on in Congress, people trying to 1 up each other and it’s tearing up this country.

If you don’t agree with him, you’re some shady person out to get him. Rick Perry has said nothing but nice things about Cruz, but decided to back Dewhurst. Cruz in turn implies that Perry is nothing but a liar and has questionable motives. Someone who starts out with a chip on his shoulder because things don’t go his way doesn’t belong in the Senate. Cruz needs to learn when dealing with other people, things don’t always go your way.

As the Founders intended for the Senate, a senator’s focus needs to be on his home state and the Constitution and no one else, not the approval other people in the Senate or other people from other states. I’ve seen this focus from Dewhurst, not Cruz.

Cruz’s website was nothing but negatives about Dewhurst in the beginning (don’t know what it looks like now) that’s why I blame him for starting the negativity.Cruz was an unknown and lacked the record Dewhurst had, so he chose to attack him to bring him down and promote himself. Dewhurst stuck with promoting himself by showcasing what he did for Texas. Ads didn’t form my opinions about either of them. My negative view of Cruz was actually formed by watching Cruz alone.

I hardly ever look at any candidate’s ads or websites. I look at websites when they first announce to get a feel of the person and where they stand on the issues. After that, I look solely at the candidate (body language, evidence of rehearsed lines, etc.) Dewhurst, to me, seems calm and collected. Cruz, as someone else mentioned on other site, acts like protestor. Always angry, itching for a fight.

I don’t know much about the income tax issue to comment on it. I’ve seen some people say it’s false. But even if it were true, there is no income tax in Texas today, meaning if Dewhurst pushed it, he stopped when somebody told him to, the hallmark of a good legislator.

The sanctuary bill has been explained non stop. It died in the House. Dewhurst passed it in the Senate. If you want to blame someone, blame the Speaker.

Working with Dems I have no problem with, as long as the Constitution and conservative principles are not far behind in your mind. “My way, or the highway” is the problem we have right now in both chambers of Congress. Harry Reid is sitting on legislation due to partisianship. If Dewhurst can get Dems to work with Repubs without forsaking the Constitution, more power to him.

and “Establishment” ain’t far behind.

You disagree with Dewhurst, which is fine to do, but the guy, in my opinion is a conservative. Texas would not look the way it does if it were run by squishes. I’m remember when Perry was running, everybody was praising how taxes were kept low and tax cuts and transparency overfloweth. Well, Dewhurst controls the budget and has a part in that. Now that he is running, Texas is a bad place with shady practices. People can’t have it both ways. Their records are intertwined.