I can tell you that your example illustrates perfectly the clever campaign tactics, actually Alinsky in nature, that any sharp bunch on Lawyers running for public office always use to attack their conservative opponent.
Do you understand that tactic?
The Lawyers want you to think the quote in your post is proof of the case they are trying to make, while in reality everything in David Dewhurst’s life and career as Lt. Governor of the State of Texas proves that he is a conservative.
Everything about Cruz and his life so far show that he is much more likely to have liberal tendencies than Dewhurst. Yet precisely because Cruz has no record, except for arguing cases on behalf of his bosses taking the positions he was hired to take, Cruz is practically bulletproof from this type of attack himself!
I know you are finding it hard to wrap your head around this, but Dewhurst is the Conservative, Cruz is the liberal insider in this primary election!
I'll grant you that there are some Democrats here in Texas who are generally more conservative than some of the big-city RINOs who are elected. However, there should be enough conservatives to ensure committee chairmanship to allow favorable returns on bills submitted to that committee.
Where the rubber meets the road, tell me this: does David Dewhurst support or in-State tuition for illegal aliens? I've seen, read, and heard both sides, but I would really like a straight answer as to this and to why, if he was in favor of stopping in-State tuition assistance to illegal aliens, he sent the bill to a committee which was obviously biased against stopping such tuition.