Is Blue The New Red?

While in San Antonio last week, President Barack Obama announced at a fundraiser that Texas will soon be a battleground state. Texas has been a Republican state since the late 1990’s. Obama feels that because of Texas’ changing demographics, Democrats will soon flood the state of Texas causing it to go blue.  This brings Democrats much hope.

Michael Hurta from the Burnt Orange Report shared his views on this situation in an article published July 21, 2012, titled “Texas Not a Battleground? Obama: ‘That's Going to be Changing Soon’.” Hurta takes the side of President Obama, agreeing that this change for Texas will happen soon. This statement is proved by Hurta stating, “The president has said so, and he has some pretty good political minds around him all the time. If you did not already believe it, believe it now.” It seems like Hurta is just agreeing with Obama because he is the president and because he knows there are other important, knowledgeable people that have influenced Obama’s statement.  I don’t feel like he is coming up with his own supporting facts. Yes, the president said so, but where are YOUR facts on this situation? I believe that there is always a chance Texas could go Democratic. Personally, I can see that the demographics are changing in Texas. I think slowly over time, Texas will shape into a more democratic state.  However; for right now, I think Texas is still a Republican state.  Hurta’s biggest focus on the article seems to be supporting the democratic presidential campaign in any way possible. I get the vibe that Hurta is quite excited about this possible change in the government and is planning to help get it started.  Possibly, the reason he chose to talk about this change is to rally people up to donate and raise money for the democratic party.  If you can give the people hope that their party will be in control, chances are they will be more willing to support. I think that is one of Hurta’s goals from this article.