A Senate seat has very little in-state power. The theory is probably valid for governors' races....

Or, I guess, the Democrats could just win both. You know, just throw out both Abbott and Paxton. And turn Texas frickin' blue in one swell foop.

Jeez. Texas with a Democratic governor. Just cataclysmic. Abbott's got to be cursing a blue streak about Trump right now. Trump picks Cornyn, and none of this happens - the airwaves aren't drenched with Democratic money and ads, the national focus isn't on his state, Hinajosa probably does well and maybe Talarico pulls out a squeaker. But probably not.

Jeez. Trump. What a catastrophic shooting oneself in the privates choice. And he'll never really know - he'll tell himself that it's all the Republican's fault for not doing what he told them, and keep reading the happy news off the printer from his assistant....