Trump is the worst two presidents.
Given his half-assed approach to the job, let’s be kind, and just say he was on average, the single worst president over two terms.
I don’t feel like being kind to the bastard. When was he ever kind to anyone?
Putin.
There are bottom-feeding deep-sea ocean specialized sessile invertebrates who have been kinder to their spineless kin.
Some of them - Spirobranchus triqueter - Wikipedia - are even orange, although I imagine the Spirobranchus family as a whole is doing its best to do damage control.
Not just the night of. I cast my vote early last week. And apparently, now that the votes are in, it’s been confirmed that Senator-elect Talarico got more votes in early voting alone, than formerly- (and hopefully soon to be again)-indicted felon Ken Paxton did in total. That election at least was over before the polls even opened on November 3.
That’s actually quite hilarious!
Wow. “Throw the bums out” actually happened for a change.
Yeah, turns out when people can hardly afford groceries, gas, or housing, and the guy in charge is making public speeches about re-decorating the capital (at great public expense) instead of dealing with any of that, people get a bit miffed.
Personally, I feel like the state is really purple at best, with the only really red areas being the deeply rural ones. But decades of efficient gerrymandering and systematic disenfranchisement have made the state appear politically to be far more to the right than it really is.
That’s typical, but notable is how the urban/rural split showed up in this midterm’s turnout.
For whatever reason, rural red voters didn’t turn out, and that definitely affected the shade of purple Texas turned out to be. It’s like the country folk gave up rather than admit their preferred political alignment fucked them over.
Or maybe it was just hard to get to the polling place with a hungry leopard latched to their faces
It’s slightly more complicated than that even.
As it notes, rural turnout was lower in some places. But rural turnout in others, like the Valley, wasn’t much higher or lower than the last couple cycles but they definitely flipped in a big way.
That would be a fascinating analysis, wouldn’t it? I hope that happens. There are distinct discernable populations of Trumply voters who reacted quite differently than they did in 2024, and I would love to understand their reactions in this season.
The Valley, in particular, has a high proportion of Latino voters, which is certainly a starting point. Lots of realizing their own faces were targets for the leopards. And a lot of “I thought they were going after the bad ones”
Demography does make a difference but not in a simple left vs right fashion. They’re still very socially conservative but not in the same way rural voters along the Louisiana border might be
Perhaps it needs saying again but Carville remains largely correct at the big picture level, though details do still matter: It’s the economy, stupid!
Let’s keep it alive until the new folks take office. Still a couple of months for the corrupt current crop to try some shenanigans. 
Already happening
The state senate (which the Republicans managed to hold) is already making noises about stripping the Lt Gov of many of the powers and prerogatives that are based on senate rules and not codified by statute or in the state constitution. These include committee assignments, choosing legislation to advance or not, etc.
And some state legislators are calling on Greg Abbott to convene a special session so they can limit the power of the Governor’s office as well, before Gina Hinojosa takes office.
Yep, that’s what I came in to say. Let’s not put away the “Fuck Texas” banners just yet:
Before Hinojosa takes office, some Republican lawmakers are calling on Abbott to limit the powers the governor can wield.
Republican Texas House Rep. Brian Harrison, who represents parts of Ellis County, has called on Gov. Abbott to call a special session to restrict the emergency powers granted to the governor.
“And if Governor Abbott wants to do one final good thing for the state of Texas, he will respond to this, and he will immediately convene the Texas legislature to make sure that Gina Hinojosa does not inherit what are effectively all the powers of a dictator in the state of Texas,” Harrison told FOX 4’s Amelia Jones in a Zoom interview.
It’s not beyond reason that the Feds take the same attitude, and strip the US presidency of most arbitrary powers over the next ~2 months.
To take effect only after the current incumbent leaves. Natch.
So apparently those powers are only acceptable when a Republican sits in the governor’s office. 
The hypocrisy is pretty breathtaking here.
Obviously it’s too much to expect the FOX interviewer to ask this very question.