How grassroots Texans are changing our statehouse

"Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill. "
2 Samuel 2:25

Ft. Worth -- Ten days ago, JoAnn Fleming, Michael Quinn Sullivan and Jim Graham spoke about how the conservative grassroots are coming together across Texas:

Highlights:

• Balkanization within the conservative movement (fiscal conservatives vs. social conservatives vs libertarians) is a tool of the establishment.

• The origin of the coalition was the recognition of common enemies.

• There's safety in numbers.

• JoAnn Fleming -- Texas spends too much, borrows too much, and relies to much on the Feds.
• 11th in the nation for dependence on Federal $$$
• 3 big enemies: Big Business, Big Government, Big Media
• Nothing is more frustrating that elected officials that are genuinely clueless.
• "The longer they stay, the worse they get."

• Jim Graham -- Every year there are 70,000 abortions in Texas
• That's the population of Temple.
• Alabama, Oklahoma pass 5 to 7 pro-life bills per session.
• Took out three of the most liberal Republicans in the Texas Senate the past two sessions.

• During the 84th: First Amendment Tuesday every week.

• The real fight isn't R vs. D; it's establishment vs. the rest of us.

• There's no principle of liberty on which you can defend corporate welfare.

• The lobbyists in Austin don't want a change in #TXLEGE leadership.

• A lot of the House members who are on the fence have district that overlap with the new Senators.