Texas has been flipped for so long, I don't know where to begin to ratchet up the turnout. Spurs fans getting angry over Pop's political comments has been getting press lately (yeah...it's not because they're sucking). Texas red has become an identity for some.
In ordinary circumstances, I would agree, but 2018 is going to be far out of the ordinary, in my opinion. I think a lot of Democrats and independents who usually "sit out" the midterms are going to be ginned up and eager to vote. I have a friend who's running a volunteer phone bank that's making calls for Democratic candidates and she says the response has really been unusually good. I've always thought there were more Democrats in Texas than is generally believed, the problem being that they haven't been voting. I think that's about to change. We'll see.
Thanks. I still miss the place. It had great food and a great atmosphere, and you never knew who might be at a booth or walk in while you were eating. The kind of local place we used to have a lot more of. (whoops! I just screwed up - sorry! double post)
If Cruz loses, people will chalk it up to the anti-Trump "blue wave," but Beto is out-working Ted all over the state. Last time Ted ran against a tomato can and had the winds of apathy at his back. 2018 will be the fight of his political life.
i hope im wrong, but i dont see beto winning a general election. most people on both sides of the political spectrum cant stand rafael cruz but he will still win. he has an "R" infront of his name and wears his christianity on his sleeve...in 21st century texas politics thats really all it takes. the margin of victory will be uncomfortably close for republicans, but i dont see the blue wave hitting just yet.
The IRONY of a Latino changing his name to a white boy name to appeal to Republicans versus a white boy changing his first name to a Latino name to appeal to Democrats!
A small glimmer for optimism... New poll finds race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke “too close to call” https://www.texastribune.org/2018/0...een-ted-cruz-and-beto-orourke-too-close-call/
So now you're advocating for Trump to lose in the primary/be in prison/just give up after world's largest hissy fit? And by "you're" I mean "Russia" I don't know if O'Rourke will win but it's going to be the closest race in years. It's going to bring a lot of energy down ticket in this election year. He's doing things the right way. County to county. Town hall to town hall. No PAC money and yet he's out raising Cruz 2 to 1. It's going to be an interesting 6-1/2 months from here to see where this race goes.
it would be ironic if they actually did that, but neither did. the hypocrisy is "ted" cruz calling out orourke for going by beto...a nickname he has had he was a little kid...rafael only changed his name to ted at 13.
So you'll support Lyin' Ted, the utterly immoral pathological liar and serial philanderer who married an ugly woman and whose father befriended Lee Harvey Oswald and who may not even be eligible to be president because he was born in Canada? The man who's probably not even a real Evangelical because of his Cuban heritage?
You can hate someone or something and still vote for them. Plenty of people supposedly despised Trump and yet rationalized voting for him. Rick Perry had terrible approval ratings for much of his time in office and yet he largely won quite comfortably. The overall approval rating of the Republican Party among Republican voters is beyond awful and yet Republican candidates still secure 90+ percent of Republican voters routinely. When our politics is as tribal as it is now, approval rating matters less and less. Our elections are becoming less and less about persuading voters and are more about boosting turnout of one's base relative to the other party's base. And the Deep South has never had very many swing voters to begin with so this is especially true in a place like Texas.
