TX-SEN: True to Form

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I recently read reports that the closeness and competitiveness of the Texas Senate race could lead to what I'd call a "domino effect" - i.e. pro-Republican national groups need to spend substantial amounts of money in Texas to shore up Cruz, leaving them with less to spend elsewhere (e.g. Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, etc.). This may result in Democratic candidates gaining points in those areas, perhaps enough for them to win or hold on to existing seats.

Does anyone think this theory will hold water?

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Videos from CNN Town Hall.  Probably definitely alleviated (to undecided voters at least) the Beto is too radical for Texas that Cruz has tried to paint.

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1053077562971299840

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1053066488981213185

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1053072248679084033

https://twitter.com/OutFrontCNN/status/1053068557976657920

https://twitter.com/OutFrontCNN/status/1053066614684274688

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1053062715281944576

Actually, this reinforces my main concern about O'Rourke - he's been too polite and hasn't attacked his opponent hard enough, even though his policy positions are progressive and not Republican-lite.

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As I mentioned earlier, Beto's problem was that although he had a platform which appealed to progressives, he wasn't aggressive enough in his campaigning. IMO, if he had adopted Richard Ojeda's campaign style (which allowed him to outperform his district's partisan lean by double digits), he would probably be Senator-elect O'Rourke now.