The biggest stadium in Texas is at the University of Texas in Austin. That about as far as from Cruz Country as you can get in Texas. Again, Mr. Trump tweets without thinking.
And I am guilty of doing just the same thing, although I’m just a nobody on a message board. After doing some additional research, it appears that Kyle Field, in College Station, TX, is the largest.
Of course, the rankings are going by football seating, I imagine it could vary for a political rally.
The part I bolded above is a really bad idea in my opinion.
The smartest thing Beto can do is to continue running his campaign the way he has and keep national Democrats at arms length. He is the most charismatic Democrat to run in Texas since Anne Richards. He is very talented as well and has broader appeal than I would expect. But the math has to work out in a pretty spectacular fashion for him win.
Sorry.
Having a big name Democrat show up a la Trump is likely a very bad idea. It could in fact be the death knell for him if Hillary or Nancy Pelosi even utter his name in front of a camera.
For a Democrat to win a statewide race in Texas requires gently nudging independents and disaffected Republicans over the line toward the guy who isn’t the odious and weasely Ted Cruz. You can’t make any big sudden moves that might startle them and make them run.
People get that he is part of the progressive left but he still keeps on looking like an independent and an insurgent to plenty of potential voters. Texans are drawn to those qualities because it makes them feel like they are TEXANS.
If he catches all the breaks and plays it just right, it’s a possibility. If his opponent was anyone other than Cruz, he wouldn’t stand a chance in hell.
And this goes triple for Bernie Sanders. The national Democratic Party needs to butt out. I’m not even sure I’d risk Joe Biden. This has to be handled just like Doug Jones.
Just a reminder of how important this Texas Senate race is:
Not counting Texas, there are nine Senate races seriously in doubt: AZ, FL, IN, MO, MT, ND, NV, TN, WV. The D’s hold six of those nine seats at present, and must win six just to keep their present minority. If they win 7 out of 9, all they do is force Mike Pence to camp out at the dais and decide all votes. The D’s must win 8 out of 9 of those races to run the Senate! :eek:
But if Cruz somehow falls to O’Rourke, the D’s need only 7 of the other 9 contested seats.
The importance of TX in team D getting to 51 senate seats was brought up on page 1 of this thread in this post and and a handful posts commenting on this one.
Of course, if the Dems can get to 50-50, then there’s a chance of a repeat of 2000 when Jim Jeffords changed parties to put the Democrats in charge of the Senate. It’s hard to remember how badly the Bush presidency was floundering around in the first year, prior to 9/11.
I doubt that. It could have happened with an unpopular Hillary Clinton as president and Manchin needed to flip control to the GOP.
Manchin is sitting pretty right now, as he can basically funnel unlimited money to West Virginia since both parties want to court that white working class ‘left behind’ demographic that dominates West Virginia and is believed by many to be the reason Trump won.
I’d actually be most concerned about Angus King of Maine. King could demand a King’s ransom (pun intended) to flip sides in some sort of a 50/50 senate with a VP Tim Kaine.
The old saw is not true, winning is the main thing but it is not the only thing. A major blue surge in this election will arouse a new sense of centrism and compromise in those Republicans who can tie their own shoes and make their own oatmeal. A Democrat surge will be a big boost to the sane Republicans. Like in the movies, where you totally slap some guy and he says “Thanks, I needed that…”
How many Republican Senators up in 2020? OF those, how many would respond to a Dem wave by giving Trump a public tongue bath for two years?
The 2018 Senate map is about as bad as it could possibly be for the Democrats, several of these seats were pushed Democratic by Obama’s coattails in 2012 and idiotic Republican comments about abortion and rape.
So, even if the Democrats don’t take the Senate in 2018, keeping it as close to 50-50 as possible is critical. 2020 could end up with the Democrats having control of all 3 branches again.
Valid point, I do know a lot of people who’d be excited about an Obama rally, but I know that some would be turned off by that.
But even if Beto just has another big rally at the same time, the contrasts would be big between his rally and a Trump/Cruz one. Or maybe instead of getting a big Democrat for the rally, get someone that everyone in Texas loves, like Willie Nelson. He’s done a rally for Beto before.
Yep, Willie Nelson would be a better idea. Better yet, some ex-military person who is a Democrat and a Texan like William McRaven might help.
But I honestly feel any nationally known Democrat would do more harm than good and could be turned on Beto as him being a puppet of Hillary/Bernie/Obama/ The Deep State.
I don’t know who would flip though. Susan Collins is not actually disgruntled and I can’t think of any other Republican who would even come close to being a Democrat.
