Are tea party members getting a seat at the table for the Texas GOP convention?”
When Republicans gather this week in Dallas for their state convention, they’ll be joined by delegates from the new party in town — the Tea Party. For the first time, activists with conservative grassroots movements such as the Tea Party and the 912 Project will join the state GOP at its every-other-year convention and will have a role in hammering out a party platform, electing a leader to head the party and finding ways to work together to elect more Republicans in November. “I think that this convention will be one of the best we’ve ever had. Folks are very fired up,” said Bryan Preston, spokesman for the Republican Party of Texas. “Texans are angry at what’s coming at us from Washington. “The Republican record in Texas speaks for itself, and we’re all aware of how critical these upcoming elections are to beginning the process of rolling back the liberal Democrats’ agenda,” he said. “This is … a great prelude to November.” More than 10,000 delegates and alternates, including near
When Republicans gather this week in Dallas for their state convention, they’ll be joined by delegates from the new party in town — the Tea Party. For the first time, activists with conservative grassroots movements such as the Tea Party and the 912 Project will join the state GOP at its every-other-year convention and will have a role in hammering out a party platform, electing a leader to head the party and finding ways to work together to elect more Republicans in November. “I think that this convention will be one of the best we’ve ever had. Folks are very fired up,” said Bryan Preston, spokesman for the Republican Party of Texas. “Texans are angry at what’s coming at us from Washington. “The Republican record in Texas speaks for itself, and we’re all aware of how critical these upcoming elections are to beginning the process of rolling back the liberal Democrats’ agenda,” he said. “This is … a great prelude to November.” More than 10,000 delegates and alternates, including near
