TX-Sen: Could this man beat John Cornyn?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I dont know. 

Cornyn is not exactly popular.

Governor Perry is quite unpopular.

Without Bush on the top of the ticket, Texas is a very different state, particularly because it has a growing Latino population that was wont to pull the lever for Bush.

Either Bill White or Jim Turner could win.

Republicans did just fine statewide in 2002 and 2006.  There really isn't anything special about Bush that another Republican can't replicate: hokey Spanish use and a willingness to work with the Mexican Government.

Besides, do Democrats hold <i>any</i> statewide office anymore?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Republicans did just fine statewide in 2002 and 2006.

Netting only 39% is just fine? Granted it was a 4-way race but one of the candidates was Kinky Fricking Friedman!  Perry should have been able to at least net 45% if he was really doing fine.  If you compare 2002 to 2006, Perry essentially lost 20% of the vote to the independent candidates while the Democrats lost 10%.

Granted, Perry wasn't the most popular guy on the planet, but yes, netting 39.0% is just fine...at least compared to the 29.8% that Chris Bell got!

In Texas, no matter how poorly Republicans do, or no matter how unpopular they are, you can always count on the Democrats being one rung lower on the ladder.