Stockman challenges Cornyn!

[LeBron]

So Texas could end up with 2 total lunatics as Senators? I think even with Stockman as the nominee, it would be safe Republican. He'd be running against a nobody Democrat in Texas, after all.

I doubt it. Stockman has a lot of ground to make up with Cornyn's 44 point lead over him, and it certainly doesn't help with the NRA and Right to Life already endorsing Cornyn. However, I was watching msnbc the other day (Yes, criticize me) and Kornacki was mentioning how it was completely expected for Dewhurst to win where out of the blue this extreme conservative whacko pops out of nowhere and gets the nomination (Ted Cruz). So Stockman's chances are low, but in today's politics, an upset is plausible.

But yeah, if Stockman and Scherr end up being the nominees, it will still be a Republican hold. The Democrats in the race suffer from a huge lack of name recognition leaving Texans to go for Mr. "Guns Can Save Fetuses."

[LeBron]

Of course. R-Texas and all that.

On the bright side, if Stockman wins, we have a chance at Castro getting a Senate seat.

Castro's not running and its too late for either of them to enter

I think he meant come 2020 when the seat would be up again. Because when that time comes around, not only will there be higher turnout from it being a Presidential year, but the state will be more Democratic by then and assuming Stockman is as toxic in 6 years still as he is now, it would be a very close and competitive race.

However, that's only a long-distanced hope because Cornyn will most likely survive the primary anyways and if he does, he'll easily win the general and may decide to run again in 2020 since he's really not that old yet.

[LeBron]

Stockman reportedly walked out during the middle of the SOTU speech last night upset over President Obama's violation "of the Constitutional separation of powers." To make matters worse, his guest was Chad Henderson, a student who gained criticism for lying about his enrollment in Obamacare. Stockman primarily invited him to make a point that he was "practically a Democrat member of Congress."

Stay classy, Steve.

As for the Democratic primary, David Alameel, the wealthy dentist, received a huge endorsement recently from State Senator Wendy Davis. She says it's because of his stances on things like education and healthcare, but fellow Democratic challenger, Maxey Scherr attacked Alameel because he's not all that he seems. According to the Austin Chronicle, Alameel once contributed large sums of money to several anti-choice Republican politicians including Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, and even Senator John Cornyn back in 2004.

So this is kind of unfortunate. Obviously Davis is only giving him this endorsement in hopes that Alameel will help her out financially in her own campaign for Governor against Abbott considering he's worth over $50 million. It's a real shame because Wendy Davis seemed to really care about women's rights. Another game of politics over people, so although Alameel will probably make it out of the primary, I can't see why I would support him anymore and not Scherr.