Nobody Ever Said Rick Was The Brightest Bulb On The Tree

Rick Perry argues ‘Texas is not a battleground state’ — after Dallas Morning News poll shows Biden leading https://t.co/kmjYjTrfhF

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 25, 2020

...Perry argued it was a “pipedream” that Democrats are competitive and argued Texas will remain “a very red state.”

Uh, Governor; you might want to look out the window.

After a generation under unified Republican control, Texas is a battleground at every level of government this year.

Read @mannyNYT @reidepstein from the Fort Worth burbs: https://t.co/PnSE8vX0PN

— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) October 25, 2020

That's only part of it.

Here we to...@KamalaHarris to TEXAS on Friday, per a Dem briefed

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 25, 2020

expect Kamala in the big Tex metros on what is the last day of early vote. Harris Co to keep polls open *all night* thurs, not closing till 7PM fri.

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 25, 2020

Houston at this point is so blue it makes Austin look light purple.

A test of Biden‘s confidence/how haunted they are by 2016:

if the early vote does not pick up this week in the Rio Grande Valley, do they send Biden down on the final weekend to appeal to fellow Catholics?

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 25, 2020

The Valley has been slammed by covid.

NO. Don't go. Covid hot spot. https://t.co/AXp6mD9NMx

— AMY GUERRA 😷🏴‍☠️😷 (@AMYGUERRA1) October 25, 2020

Hillary took all the border counties of Texas without even visiting here. A visit wouldn't be a bad thing, but Biden doesn't have much to worry about down there. They live on the border Trump reviles. What do you think they want to do about it? 

Speaking of "the real COVID":*

NEW: Federal disaster teams are now also heading for El Paso this week to deal with the surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations. This comes as Gov. Abbott has announced the state is converting the convention center into expanded hospital space. More here:https://t.co/VcR7Ol2YZB

— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) October 25, 2020

It's not just a problem for El Paso:

After a generation under unified Republican control, Texas is a battleground at every level of government this year.

Read @mannyNYT @reidepstein from the Fort Worth burbs: https://t.co/PnSE8vX0PN

— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) October 25, 2020

Oh, and voter turnout in Texas as of yesterday as at 42.4%, or 7.2 million voters. There's a week of early voting to go. I'm not sure who's going to be left to vote on November 3rd, but I can't imagine the majority of those 7.2 million have been waiting anxiously to register (registration is at an all time high) and vote to re-elect Donald Trump.

How many polls this year have shown @realDonaldTrump at 50% or above in Texas? That's the biggest sign of trouble for him.

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 25, 2020

*for those of you unclear about the geography, El Paso is about 700 miles west of the Valley.  It's a long border.  Will Hurd held a House seat on a long stretch of it because he was more a moderate Democrat than he was a Republican.  The vote down there is not going for Trump, and it isn't staying home because Biden didn't drop by. IMHO, anyway (though a visit never hurts).