HOUSTON — Ticking off his early state wins, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders coyly cautioned an audience of more than 6,600 people here not to tell anybody — “because these folks get very agitated and nervous” — but he planned to win Texas, too.
“This state, maybe more than any other state, has the possibility of transforming this country,” the Democratic presidential front-runner bellowed to cheers at the University of Houston. “On television, they say Texas is a conservative state, it’s a red state. I don’t believe it for a minute.”
For years, Texas Democrats also have tried not to believe it. But never did the political operatives toiling to turn this state blue expect that a 78-year-old, self-proclaimed democratic socialist might be their ticket.
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