He represents the original Austin Grant area of Texas, which is the area south of Houston that was first settled in Texas by Americans in the early 1800's. That area, between Corpus and San Antonio has always been known for its dislike of a powerful federal government. The area is real cowboy ranch country, and "rugged individualism" is a fact of life for many. The odd part about the area compared to the rest of Texas is the great number of Anglo Roman Catholics, and of course the Mexican descendent Roman Catholics compared to the rest of protestant fundie Texas, that make up the middle class. These people seem to be not under the heavy influence of the Tom Delay Republican Aytollah movement which dominates Republican politics in Texas, so even tho they share much of the Republican anti- fed agenda, they recoil at the replacement of Democrat big government spenders with Republican big government spenders, and at the Republican foriegn policy adventurists, and at the denial of rights agenda of the fundies.