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TexasTowelie

(126,784 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:50 PM 9 hrs ago

Talarico's Victory And Republican Civil War: Key Takeaways From Texas - The Lincoln Project

Texas just delivered a political earthquake. Rick Wilson breaks down the brutal GOP runoff between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn, the $100 million Republican civil war, and why record Democratic turnout has the GOP sweating. Will Republicans tear each other apart on the way to November and finally make Texas competitive for Democrats?

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Talarico's Victory And Republican Civil War: Key Takeaways From Texas - The Lincoln Project (Original Post) TexasTowelie 9 hrs ago OP

Dems have a pattern of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Gum Logger 8 hrs ago #1

You know, I've tried to be optimistic, PatSeg 8 hrs ago #2

Gum Logger

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1. Dems have a pattern of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:17 PM

8 hrs ago

They will get fat, happy and lazy

PatSeg

(53,015 posts)

2. You know, I've tried to be optimistic,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:28 PM

8 hrs ago

but after so many letdowns, I am a bit cynical. I'll believe it when I see it. After years of watching people repeatedly vote against their best interests, my confidence is quite low now. Texas should really just become its own country.

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