Dan Patrick’s tradition busting could turn sour for Texas GOP | Opinion
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Senate at the Capitol on the first day of the 88th Legislature.In expected hyperpartisan form, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has decided to do away with Democratic Senate committee chairs, leaving just one, the longtime moderate Houston Democrat John Whitmire, a lion of the Legislature whose removal would have been too much tradition busting even for Patrick.
Thankfully, not every Republican in power in this state is burying tradition in the name of power, a practice that has a way of turning around on you. As a result, his own party went after him in political ads and news releases so breathless they read as parody. Phelan has not announced any appointments yet, but he has already signaled to voters that he wants to keep partisanship and extremism at bay this session. We wish him luck.
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