Is Hillary Listening . . .

Is Hillary Clinton listening to the latest election results across the more liberal regions of the US?  Well maybe some are not so liberal after all.  Houston revoked the local ordinance regarding freakish use of public bathrooms by cross gender folks.  Kentucky elected a Tea Party Governor in a state where the locals are usually all Democrats.  Virginia rejected the Hillary support Governor's bid to get the state Senate to go Democrat, instead it remained the Virginia stayed solidly Republican.

These are local wins, not national politics at all.  But it tends to indicate the country is beginning to swing back to conservative values.  Make no mistake these are  dire losses to the Democrats.  Even in liberal Oregon, a county by votes gave a local sheriff the authority to defy progress gun legislation should he determine the new gun laws are unconstitutional.   Of course, local progressives say it is blatantly illegal.  No matter, it is a sign of the times.

Here in Texas all seven changes to the state Constitution were adopted.  Changes in financing of highways, reduction in property taxes and rules dictating that state elected officials should reside in the state capitol area.   Texas legislature meets regularly only once in two years.  It depends on the legislature committee chairman to make decisions at the state level when the legislature is not in session.  So the state government needs those people close at hand to run the government.  The change to the state Constitution now forces those folks to remain in Austin to do their elected jobs.

There is a continuity to the US voters.  They swing one way and then back again toward the center.  Centrist politicians have the best opportunity for election.  Right now there is no centrist movement on either the left or the right in national politics.  It seems to be more of throw the bums out kind of thing going on. 

I trust Americans.  I think change is in the wind.  We shall see in time.