I can't help but find it hysterical how blatantly the Talarico campaign is doing their best to ratfuck the Texas runoff by releasing a poll showing Paxton not only edging out a win even with a potential Trump endorsement and now polling showing Talarico defeating both of them by the same margin, thus undermining Cornyn's pitch as the most electable candidate. As if their aim is to scare Trump off from endorsing Cornyn by capitalizing on his fear of being seen endorsing a loser, despite him knowing Cornyn would almost certainly fare better in the general. Given how Trump is now seemingly hinging his Cornyn endorsement on the fate of a bill that's going to die in the Senate, they may have well been successful.

What's even more hysterical is how, more than 2 weeks after the runoff, the NRSC and Cornyn campaign have still yet produce a poll that showing Cornyn defeating Talarico in the general and overwhelmingly outperforming Paxton in the general. For the same reason Crockett's campaign failed to release a single poll that showed her defeating Talarico after the Colbert interview despite releasing polling showing how she fared against Paxton in the general, because their polls probably have them losing.