Yesterday was the big day that Texas State Representative Aaron Peña announced that he would switch to the Republican Party . There have been many questions with respect to why he would do it. There many many vicious accusations of betrayal, or doing it for opportunism. Overall, the Democratic Party, which is bleeding power in the current political climate is behaving like a wounded animal, lashing out at anything that causes further injury. In that sense, I can understand some of the reaction. However, since we're talking about people, I had hoped that reason would play a larger role in peoples' reactions. Let's Get it Out of the Way Many of you know, or are about to find out, that I work part-time for Peña. He and I haven't talked about his decision to switch parties. I found out on Twitter just like many of you that he would be switching. And, we have not had time to sit down and talk about his motivations. But, I can guess based on my own experience. First, let...