(Ed.'s Note: Let's see if we got this right. The Cameron County Democratic Party not long ago admonished its members to either cut bait or fish. That is, if you are a Democratic party elected official or a party member, you should vote for and support Democratic party candidates.
But in a county that gave rise to the crossover Democratic vote to elect the likes of Tony Garza, and later, Carlos Cascos, to Cameron County Judge, the party lines get a bit blurred. What we had not seen was a countywide Democrat like Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz list himself in the Cameron County Republican Party online Bulletin Board. In fact, it was Saenz who swore in Cascos into office the last time he got elected county judge before he left to become Texas Secretary of State.
However, joining the online Republican bulletin board seems a bit brazen being that Saenz has already announced that he will be seeking reelection to that position and will be a Democratic party candidate in the upcoming primaries of that party.
Things are a bit different here, podnah. Locally, personal friendships – party officials' admonitions notwithstanding – Democrats mix with Republicans and vice-versa. We have not seen a Republican crossover vote for Democrats, however, and it is unlikely that we ever will.
In South Texas, someone once said, a moderate republican like Cascos (a former Democrat) can chum it up with Sanez, member of a yellow-dog Democratic family that includes former district clerk Aurora de la Garza, a die-hard Democrat as they come. Oh, well, let the voters sort it out.