/johnny
“Patrick has talked about getting rid of the 2/3rds rule that lets Dems have 1/3 of the chairmanships in the Senate”
Actually, what Patrick calls the 2/3’s rule is a rule in the Senate that requires 2/3 of all the Senators to agree to bring legislation to a vote on the floor of the State Senate...meaning that 1/3 of the Senators can block anything. It originated when Democrats were something like 90% of the legislature...not sure exactly why.
Just as in the US Senate, the MAJORITY of Senators can scrap that rule any time they please...but Dewhurst has led the fight to keep it, and was successful at it...until November, that is. An EVEN BETTER reason for getting rid of Dewhurst.
What you say is also true, he has continued to allow Democrats, that barely get one third of the seats, and sometimes only that much, to also keep chairmanships - that is nuts - if the Dems want power again, they need to figure out a way to make their case to TEXANS, and that begins by jettisoning the national party and not nominating their type, as in Wendy Davis for governor...but the Dems would rather lose than do that.