UT-Tyler poll McCounghey leads Abbott by 9

[Progressive Pessimist]

I wish...

The far more important topline result here is that Beto O’Rourke has gained serious ground on Abbott from their last poll and now only trails by five.

I really think people overthink his Dem primary campaign. It was literally ages ago and pretty irrelevant at this point. He's kind of rebooted himself since then.

As true as that may be, as long as "damn right we're coming for your AR-15's" exists as a soundbite, he has no chance of ever replicating how he did in 2018.

[Progressive Pessimist]

At this point whatever O'Rourke said about guns is irrelevant since the votes he needs aren't AR-15 fanatics and gun control will not be on the front burner. What will matter next year is Abbott's response to COVID, the abortion bill and the power grid failure. You also have to factor in that Abbott is seeking a third full term and that can be a hard sell with declining approvals.

You can’t say that Beto’s comments are irrelevant then bring out the power grid situation. That will be long history by November 2022 as well. That will not be an issue by then and long forgotten about. Last year there were awful consistent power outages in California during the summer with some areas not having power for 1-2 days and that was competent irrelevant in the California election.

Um, the power grid situation was a real issue for millions of people and there still haven't been any real steps to correct the problem. But whatever you want to believe, I have no desire to argue with folks like you.

The Border crisis is out of control and Biden let illegals come in not enforcing the wall, so it's not a one issue campaign that's why DeSantis is leading too

Immigration reform isn't gonna get passed and we don't know about VR and without those two issues, the R gerrymandering is gonna be tough to crack in TX and FL.
We don't need TX and FL to win the Prez and DeSantis got a bump from Surfside

We are gonna keep our H seats but the two new districts are Safe R

Why are you replying to me with your incoherent nonsense?

It's the TRUTH DEAL WITH IT

Somebody save this for posterity, please.