That was my first thought. Strauss..
I'll be making some calls and sending some messages.
/johnny
Everyone of Straus’ lieutenants should be primaries and this should be exhibit #1.
But. The Conservatives in the Texas House fight all wrong. Straus sets up 2-3 primary opponents each election season against visible conservatives. They all freak out and the conservative movement spends all its primary money defending those seats. It’s a win-win for Straus. He picks off a seat, great. If not, conservatives played defense another cycle: great!
It’s a great strategy and it would work even better against Straus himself because it’s essentially an insurgent strategy. If conservatives propped up 20 candidates against Straus’ lieutenants and gave them 50 grand each, it would change the House in just a few election cycles. For that 1 million dollars, Straus would have to spend 5 million to defend.
Even before the tide changed for Straus, it would change business as usual. If Straus knew he was going to be spending several million defending his cronies in a few months, do you think he’d give those primary challengers this kind of ammo?
Besides, win or lose, 20 new conservative faces this cycle, 20 next cycle, and next thing you know, conservatives have a bench.