The fact that Beto was even competitive in Texas should give the Repubs in that state pause.
Tony Sanchez
Kay Bailey Hutchison gonna save us from the right wing
Wendy Davis
Beto
The problem is that those of us who actually live here have heard this song and dance pretty much every election.
And then we watch Reagan invade Grenada again metaphorically speaking.
One of these days a Democrat is going to win a statewide office here, and the pundits who predict it every single election cycle with pat themselves on the back for "seeing it."
The state is getting less and less Caucasian, and more Hispanic.
And right here is why Democrats keep losing.
The Hispanic vote is not and has never been as monolithic as the black vote or even the Christian right vote.
Keep in mind that the white(r) dude in the race was actually the Irishman O'Rourke.
Within a decade, you will probably see this as a swing state or even move to the blue side.
I've lived here all but two years since 2001. I've been hearing it every single year I've lived here.
Might it happen? Yeah. But you'd think all this identity politics would be abandoned as many times as it doesn't work out right.
