Texas Republicans cheer black candidates

Houston Chronicle:

A black candidate drew the biggest reaction Saturday on the last day of the Texas Republican Convention — and he was someone other than Barack Obama, who was portrayed by speakers during the previous two days as a threat to freedom and liberty.

"As the descendant of a slave who was owned by a judge, I stand before you as chief justice," said Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, of San Antonio.

That was when the crowd of about 6,200 delegates and alternatives responded with robust approval. The applause for Jefferson's description of his path to prominence was more enthusiastic than the clapping for a video about presumptive presidential nominee John McCain.

As Republicans marshal their vote-getting machinery against presumptive Democratic nominee Obama, Jefferson, fellow justice Dale Wainwright of Houston and the state GOP's vice chairman, Dr. Robin Armstrong of Texas City, gave blacks significant representation on the convention stage in downtown Houston.

Jefferson, appointed chief justice in 2004 by Gov. Rick Perry, pledged loyalty to the GOP creed that justices should interpret rather than make law. He is on the Nov. 4 ballot for chief justice against Democratic state District Judge Jim Jordan of Dallas.

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Republican activists who had never considered McCain conservative enough left Houston on Saturday after hearing a stream of admonishments from party figures to support him as the clear choice over Obama. The other central theme of the convention, which took issue with several policies of Perry and President Bush, was that Republican candidates will succeed if they hew to limited government and to conservative principles on social issues such as abortion.

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Another black who was prominent at this convention is Mike Williams who is running for reelection as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas business in the state. What distinguishes these black candidates from Democrats is they are running on Republican issues and not as blacks. Democrats could learn something from them. They are ahead of Obama in that regard.

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