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The Texas Republican Circus Comes to Town With a Smaller Tent Than Ever
Given that Texas is a longtime one-party state, an outsider might expect that the Republican Party here is ruthlessly competent and the Democratic Party weak. In fact, both organizations are dysfunctional, and for broadly similar reasons: On each side, party loyalists care about some things more than winning elections. The Democratic Party is mired in its own hotly contested leadership struggle, which is too complicated to sum up here. The Texas GOP, meeting this week in Houston for its biannual convention and to elect a leadership team for the next two years, has been riven by a long-running debate about whether it exists to do stuff—namely, win at the polls and support elected officials—or whether it is a kind of day care for the most…The post The Texas Republican Circus Comes to Town With a Smaller Tent Than Ever appeared first on Texas Monthly.