By the way- I was told by a Texas Republican BMD that this is the reason Cornyn didn’t have any real chance of being Majority Leader. Thune is willing to take the heat when he needs to.
But this is what bullies do- they have nothing but contempt for their toadies and put them against each other. They are afraid of conflict and send others to do their dirty work.
Trump doesn’t really fuck with Thune because Thune is the boss of his chamber and doesn’t do dance to Trump’s tune except when it works for him and his backers.Trump was nice to Mamdani because Mamdani has authentic swag and Trump likes to be photographed with handsome winners who have good hair.
Johnson is a short, nerdy, annoying kissass who people make fun of. He’s only interesting as long as he’s useful and he’s reached the limit of his utility. He will now be humiliated and discarded.
Gotcha. Anyway it’s a huge overperformance, esp compared to the 2022 midterm, and Behn doesn’t appear to be a great candidate. I don’t trust Democrats to recruit good ones or Democrat primary voters to nominate them, but I’ve got to think the Republican house candidates are going to start distancing themselves from the president, which will create it’s own set of problems.
It’s an R +22 district in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
fun fact! The first person to hold that seat when it was established was future president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston
So basically she hates the same things that like 70% of the people who have lived around there for more than 10-15 years hate.
I think if a congressional candidate for TX-10 or TX-21 saying “I hate the city, I hate 6th street, I hate the comedy scene, I hate the tech bros, I hate all the things that make Austin an “it” city to the rest of the country.” they would net gain votes.
This team is easy to love. They play HARD. I just wish I could enjoy it without being reminded of what could have been and what was supposed to be.
Fucking Nico.
@Ag with kids has made a convincing argument that the most important consideration is what party the state votes for in presidential years “schools of thought,” so who cares about any sort of connection or even understanding of place?
A California Republican congressman needs a job! An arbitrary shape in North Texas needs a Republican! Win-win!