Democrats on the verge of a Comeback?

Texas has been a Republican state for close to thirty years now. With Governor Rick Perry serving in the highest office in the State, for close to a decade and with aspirations to serve more than a decade; it's a little hard to digest the fact that the Texas Democrats are even remotely close at knocking the Republicans off their high-horse. However what seems like a party's long run at state domination, is minis cal in comparison to the Democratic Party's domination of the State Government. From around 1870 on up through 1960 (rounded off) Texas has been a democratic state. That dominance could be on the verge of another breakthrough. A growing assumption is that sentiment of the Republican Party at the Federal Level is now spilling over into the State Level. Of course there are always going to be the hard line voters who only vote democrat or only vote republican, but for everyone caught in the middle; lets face it; voters are mad over the condition this country is in, and they want action. Again this is an assumption but across the board, federal and state, republicans are going to lose some votes, due to the problems facing this country at the federal level. Texas Republicans had better brace themselves for this tsunami of Democratic appeal. Perhaps the biggest foretelling of this "changing of the guard" is the simplest indication: Money. The State Democrats have raised in the last month close to 3.5 million in funds, while the State Republicans have raised 1.3 million in funds; it should be mentioned that Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick has been the biggest contributor to the Republican Party, giving $200,000 to the Party and $500,000 to his political action committee "Stars Over Texas." The State Republican Party's back is against the wall, and it is clearly possible that the Republican dominance of the State could be up for grabs in the next election.