[urtax$@work]

NO !!!!

1 big state, chopped to 5 smaller.
outcome would be:

state #1 has Dallas =(dem state)
state #2 has Houston =(dem state)
state #3 has SA/Austin =(dem state)
state #4 has Midland Odessa =(repub state)
state #5 has El Paso =(?) (dem state)

and former big Texas would lose all its swagger in politics.

[OKSooner]

I’ll see your point on SA/Austin, but not Dallas or Houston.

[mkjessup]

and former big Texas would lose all its swagger in politics.

After giving America LBJ, GHWB and GWB, that might not be a bad thing.