Texas Republicans are getting into Internet video and say they were prompted to do it, in part, by Texas Democrats. The Democrats put video clips and an edited short on the web after their last state convention, and liberals dominate the Texas blogs.

If you go to YouTube and search for Texas Republican, most of what shows up right now is either about U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Clute, or is a swat from Democrats aimed at the GOP. Gov. Rick Perry has some postings, and Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams does, too. And some campaigns have been active on the Internet; Perry, for instance, ran ads online that didn’t run on radio or TV during his last campaign.

But there’s nothing before now from the state GOP. They’ve bought a hi-def camera and is working on a website redesign. Hans Klingler, a party spokesman, says they’ll add something every few weeks until the June convention, when they’ll post more often. Their first effort [1] is a straight-ahead commercial — not the sort of thing people hurry to pass along to their friends — but he says they’ll loosen up as they go along.