[OldPossum]

I live in Texas and I can actually see the citizens possibly considering secession...

Whenever the subject of secession comes up, my first thought is of Texas, a state with the resources to go it alone. But here's the question: aren't there too many Hispanics in that state that would not go along? I don't think of them as being steeped in and/or revolutionary on the matter of the principles of U.S. Constitution.

Your thoughts, please.

[Terry Mross]

Lots of Mexicans fought for Texas against Mexico. Lots of legal conservative Hispanics. And the illegals wouldn’t have a vote.

[precisionshootist]

"Whenever the subject of secession comes up, my first thought is of Texas, a state with the resources to go it alone. But here's the question: aren't there too many Hispanics in that state that would not go along? I don't think of them as being steeped in and/or revolutionary on the matter of the principles of U.S. Constitution. Your thoughts, please."

You are correct. There are a lot of Hispanics here but in general I don't sense they have the "activist" mentality that you see in other states. They have a more "along for the ride" type approach. Texans have treated them fairly well and they seem to return the favor. Sure we have some of the protester types but I don't think we have near the numbers of them here. So in short I don't think they would voice much of an opinion at all.

While I'm not a native Texan I have now lived here for 30 years. At this point I can't imagine living anywhere else. I really hope we can turn this thing around in November but I seriously have my doubts. Sending a bunch of new Republicans to DC with the idea that as soon as they get there they will vote to give themselves considerably less power and influence seems like an unlikely event. And that's assuming we keep the house, then take the Senate and the Presidency.

[precisionshootist]

For the record. I favor a Constitutional Convention to reestablish limited Government. This can be done without the breakup of the Republic. A CC is really just a way for the states to amend the constitution and limit the federal government when the federal government refuses to do it themselves. This is the very day the framers had in mind when the option to amend the Constitution by convention was added.

[central_va]

Israel, the size of NJ with zero resources, “goes it alone”.