TX-28 primary

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Main worry if Cueller loses is what he does next. Think about it; defections have not exactly been rare in Texas politics and just because the GOP doesn't really exist in south Texas doesn't mean that it will *never* exist down there...

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1. This Bush loving DINO could switch parties

Perhaps, but please have a look in the mirror before deciding why that might be the case.
Frankly the fact that, despite the mass defections seen in Texas over the past decade, he's *still* a Democrat, probably says something... doesn't it?

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The GOP still does not exist in that part of Texas. Make my (late ) cat the Democratic candidate, and she could (have) won by the sort of numbers that he polled.

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Chet Edwards is a longserving incumbent in a rural area. People in rural areas often have no problem voting against their normal habits if candidate X or Y brings home the bacon.

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He could be waiting until after the election.[/quote]

...which would be an odd thing to do, wouldn't it? O/c that may be the case, but you shouldn't presume that to be the case... in doing so you and others like you make such a possibility all the more likely. Don't you see that?
Ralph Hall he's not though.

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An interesting statement. There seem to two ways of looking at it; first, that to be a Real Democrat TM you have to endorse every single Democrat running for election. As such I'm sure that a certain CT Senator can count on your support.
...and if that's not the case, then you've just admitted that being Anti Bush is all that matters to the Democratic Party. Which would be a pathetic thing to admit, wouldn't it?

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You think that Rodriguez is any more representative of the people of the district than Cuellar?

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If the demographics of Texas were what they were a few decades ago (or like the Deep South), you'd be right. But they aren't... rural white Texas doesn't really matter any more, not in it's own right at least (quite a change from the days of the Rayburn/LBJ double act). Edwards would poll pretty well, much better than most recent statewide Dems, but not well enough methinks. He just wouldn't be able to do well enough in South Texas to overcome the huge GOP margins in the suburbs, and he certainly wouldn't be able to dampen down those if he wanted to stay popular in rural areas.
Tis a horrible trap the Texas Democrats hath fallen into.

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Playing on stereotypes is neither big nor clever.