Hillary getting money from Texas Republican Women.

Tapped has a blog post on Hillary Clinton raising money down in Texas. That's not too big of a surprise really, big state, alot of money and Bush approval below 50%, although notice she didn't come to my hometown Houston where all the money is in the "red" suburbs."

But in this story, this tidbit.

Here's something interesting. A source familiar with the Austin event tells me that at least one attendee was surprised by the fact that many who showed up were Republican women, lots of them first-time donors. I mention this not to argue that Hillary has crossover appeal, but to show how aggressively her fundraisers are working to tap diverse constituencies around the country.

Bullcrap. Right now, even in Texas, every Democrat has crossover appeal. Even my Red/Red Republican mother, the same one who told me Saddam was behind the 9-11 attacks over the holidays, was lambasting the Republicans today over their immigration policy.

There's a shift going on, a real shift. Perhaps it's starker here because I live in the most Republican big city so the changes are more noticeable, and I don't know how long it's going to last, but right now, our part of the world is sliding out of the Bush camp. And outside of the fundies, that's a really big deal.