I accept Brand X's explanation of why he mentioned DeGuerin had contributed to the Democratic party. Because of DeLay's position, this trial is surely going to turn into a circus of sorts, Brand X was just setting up the characters.
Incidentally, DeGuerin's admission that he voted in Democratic primaries is not particularly indicative of Democratic leanings. That's because Texas has essentially open primaries-any registered voter can vote in any party's primary as long as he has not voted in any other party's primary. Inother words, one registered voter, one primary vote-but the primary vote can only be in one party per
election.
So it is quite likely that DeGuerin voted in Republican primaries as well, if his 50/50 split in contributions to the two parties is any indication. Which it likely is.
It is in DeLay's interest, however, for DeGuerin to portray himself as a Democrat as much as possible. Since most Democrats don't like DeLay, and DeGuerin is not going to be able to keep Democrats off the jury, DeGurerin is trying to tell the potential jury pool out there that DeLay is innocent, and that even a Democrat such as himself is willing to fight the injustice of Earle's charges against DeLay.
