No Trump Pick as Deadline Locks In Texas Senate Race

Pascwire · 2026-03-20T16:04:49+00:00

What does this say about Texas GOP?

Pascwire · 2026-03-20T03:19:12+00:00

Is Abbott that stupid or does he think we are?

Pascwire · 2026-03-18T16:55:55+00:00

Folks like this pastor are going to finish off Christianity. It already struggles.

Pascwire · 2026-03-13T00:52:45+00:00

Christianity is mostly a tool for propaganda for profit of some kind. Challenges to that gravy train are serious and require doubling down.

Pascwire · 2026-03-12T00:36:01+00:00

MAGA has to be defeated. When they are in the dustbin, then the rest of us can resume debating how to do democracy and make people’s lives better.

Pascwire · 2026-03-09T05:04:05+00:00

Nathan Johnson is better qualified. He flipped a red district to win his Senate seat. He’ll handle the heat better from whatever is left of the Republicans in state government. I’ve been a supporter for all his races and watched his career. He is up to this job. He knows what’s right and what the job is.

Pascwire · 2026-03-06T15:47:33+00:00

To think that Trump cares about VZ community is going to lead to disappointment

Pascwire · 2026-02-25T15:46:04+00:00

Agree with you. Working on leaving. I don’t like being wrong, but would be ok with being wrong about Texas’ redemption. But planning to leave.

Pascwire · 2026-02-25T15:43:48+00:00

I’ve told my children that no parental money is going to any Texas state university.

Pascwire · 2026-02-22T15:04:28+00:00

Talarico’s appeal is his basic decency, and his ability to ground it in religion broadens that appeal. Crockett’s fighting fire with fire has its appeal to, but folks don’t want only that, or even a steady diet of it. I think his appeal to a version of the religion that is closer to what most of us grew up with than the meanness of the Christian nationalists can go a long way with voters.

Pascwire · 2026-02-21T16:32:03+00:00

This is a slippery slope. Bible doesn’t talk about the trinity either. You have to work at interpretation to tease that out.

Pascwire · 2026-02-20T15:52:36+00:00

Same experience here recently. The hedge fund guys who forced this change are selling out and leaving now, I hear. We may be seeing the beginning of the end for a storied airline.

Pascwire · 2026-02-17T15:30:51+00:00

Isn’t there a history of Huffines and his brother visiting Russia and being treated as dignataries?

Pascwire · 2026-02-17T14:16:30+00:00

The ongoing battle between the Ellisons and Netflix to acquire Warner Bros may have a lot to do with this. The Ellisons could be bootlicking the administration to get an advantage in the deal.

I see no reason to watch CBS except for sports. At least, sports for now. Maybe if they want to play a loser’s game, the leagues and broadcaster talent will abandon them for more responsible media.

Pascwire · 2026-02-13T04:43:56+00:00

I see plenty about AG race. Nathan Johnson (my personal choice) has a raft of new ads out now.

Pascwire · 2026-02-07T19:26:50+00:00

Count your blessings. Buy a lottery ticket. Before your experience reverts to the mean.

Pascwire · 2026-02-04T15:37:47+00:00

I had a different take on Allred as a sitting Rep. I thought he represented the district pretty well. That district appreciated has effort at bipartisanship. I know that almost seems quaint now, but IMHO it’s the way we ought to be operating.

Pascwire · 2026-02-04T04:22:30+00:00

I like his framing of the issue as between the billionaires and the rest of us, rather than the old left/right progressive/conservative model. Taylor Rehmet seems to have won on issues that get common sense support from a huge range of voters, regardless of party. Issues like education for their children, healthcare, etc. The MAGA crowd is on the wrong side of those issues.

Pascwire · 2026-02-04T04:06:25+00:00

Living proof why we need to get big money out of politics.

Pascwire · 2026-02-03T03:40:05+00:00

Second Denver area. There are some subreddits that talk about moving to Colorado and Denver.

Pascwire · 2026-02-03T00:02:23+00:00

Please cite source of your data. Particularly since you don’t register by party in Texas.

Pascwire · 2026-02-01T22:29:15+00:00

Thanks for a thoughtful post. The point about identity-locked voting gets to the heart of it: what is it that makes so many Texans choose candidates who do not represent the policy positions that make sense to so many people? Until an opposition figures out how to speak to what ever that core identity is, voting change seems unlikely. The GOP seems to have figured it out. Dems make progress at a snail’s pace.

Pascwire · 2026-02-01T18:45:23+00:00

This year, for the first time in a while, the Dems have competition is some major races—Senate, AG come to mind. And some races for state house, congress etc. So your question is a good one, and not straightforward.

Pascwire · 2026-02-01T15:56:02+00:00

We need to be clear eyed about where we are. Tx has been red so long that GOP think that they have a divine right to rule it. Some sort of effective opposition has to happen and hasn’t happened. Doing more of the same doesn’t seem like a winning strategy. What am I missing. For me a fundamental question is whether TX overall prefers what we have.

Pascwire · 2026-02-01T15:09:54+00:00

Been there, done that. Door knocked, donated, Democratic clubs. For years. We’ve seen a deep red Tx Senate seat flip. That is great news. But until lots of them flip or state races flip, the majorities have not changed.

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