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Comments on The ides of Texas by wjca

Letting people in the military vote by mail obviously helps Republicans.

I'm wondering if, by sending them into combat with not even an explanation, let alone a statement of what constitutes victory, Trump may have managed to at least seriously reduce that Republican skew. Maybe to as far as politically balanced, but a lot less enthused.

GOP: perhaps on its way to becoming just another example of "everything Trump touches dies."

Daines, the incumbent US Senator up for reelection this year [in Montana] withdrew from the Republican primary today.

I saw a bare mention of that, but no details. Any idea why?

From a thousand miles away, and general ignorance: it seems like the key to the Democrats winning in Texas is the Latino vote. And, from what little I've read, Talarico seems to have better prospects on that front.

And it has to help that the Democrats are already rallying around. As for Cornyn and Paxton, I'm not much on the "bantam roosters" analogy. I yhink I'd rather go with "rabid weasels.". Just a personal preference, but I think it suits the participants better.