韦恩•索伯恩(WAYNE THORBURN)是德克萨斯州共和党的前执行董事，著有《红州：共和党如何主宰德克萨斯州政治的内幕故事》(Red State: An Insider 's Story of the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics)和《一代觉醒：年轻美国人争取自由与保守运动的诞生》(A Generation awakening: Young Americans for Freedom and the Creation of the Conservative Movement)。