From Eric Dondero:

Burnt Orange, named after UT Longhorns colors, is the largest and arguably most respected and influential political blog in Texas. Editor Todd Hill whines this morning about the massive Republican victory in Texas and across the Nation: "The Onus is on Republicans to Now Govern."

Republicans won 3 US House seats from the Democrats: Quico Canseco in CD-23, Bill Flores crushing longtime Democrat incumbent and bitter Ron Paul foe Chet Edwards 62% to 34%, and a shocking win in the Corpus Christi area of little-known Blake Farenthold over Texas Democrat institution Solomon Ortiz, 48% to 47%.

And just as devastating to Texas Democrats, Republicans now have a near 2/3rds majority in the State House 99 to 51.

The cause of the Repubulican Hurricane in the Gulf State of Texas according to Burnt Orange: Libertarians.

These Teapots are not your normal, rank and file, GOP platform supporting, GOP establishment-loving Republicans. You've witnessed much of this splintering as the race toward November 2nd closed, right Sarah? Quite "sleazy" you think?

Teapots in fact do not support the modern Republican Party, they simply saw an opportunity to tap into voter fear, anger and despair and took advantage of that for electoral gain. Most of the recent Teapot-to-GOP nominees are actually more Libertarian than anything else. People seem to forget that since Ron Paul has been on the ballot he has brought forth an army of Libertarian leaning supporters to the Republican Party with orders to take it over at the grassroots level. Many of you may recall that Paul ran as the Libertarian candidate for President in 1988. What Ron Paul figured out many years ago was that running as a Republican versus a Libertarian for Congress and President, is what his supporters and grassroots organizers have figured out over the last two election cycles--if you want to makeover the political process, and want to get like-minded Libertarians elected, you must take over one of the shells that is the American two-party system to make it happen. Developing a third party in the American political system has been tried by many a men, including a former President, only to collapse like a house of cards. Without a billion dollars at one's disposal, mainstream platforms to boot, and a candidate with appeal in the Midwest to Western areas of the United States, forget about it. Ask yourself this, which shell most resembles what a Libertarian-leaning supporter is most likely to vote for? Republican! And which party was reeling after the 2008 election cycle in which many wrote the obituary of the modern GOP? Republican! Libertarian takeover of the Republican Party, although not complete, has certainly moved beyond stage one.

Sidenote: Governor Perry won with 55% of the vote over Houston Mayor Bill White despite a strong Libertarian candidate on the ballot, Houston Attorney Kathie Glass who polled 2.2%.