Texas Democrats face a “complicated” long game

While Texas Democrats have thus far been successful in preventing their Republican counterparts from passing an aggressive gerrymander, in the long run, the deck is stacked against them.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico told Salon that he and his colleagues are “all committed to staying out of the Texas Capitol at least until the end of this special session.” When asked whether they were preparing for a scenario where Texas Republicans call another special session, Talarico said that “We’ll cross that bridge if it happens.”

Though Texas Democrats have successfully forestalled efforts by Republicans to squeeze five extra GOP seats out of the state — and have so far not buckled under significant threats leveled by the Texas GOP — the quorum breakers are in a more vulnerable position than th