To me, it says they saw a possibility of losing to the more moderate male candidates. My fear is that if the anti Republican wave continues to grow, she could be our "Todd Akin", who lost a MO seat to Claire McCaskill.

Remember that to win the general election in Texas, she needs to win many people who voted for Abbott and Trump. There is a big difference between attacking policies and actions and personal attacks. I never heard the "governor hot wheels" comment and can not think of any way it could be acceptable ... and I know how terrible he is

As Crockett runs, I actually hope she will work to avoid the kinds of attacks that make her a DU favorite emphasizing instead the damage Trump and Abbott have done. She is an incredible talent, but to win she needs to use her voice to define and sell Texans on a better path to take than the Trump/Republican mess.

She was fired from the Edwards campaign for inappropriate comments. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2871447&page=1.

This was long ago, but does suggest she may not be the best person to advise Democrats.

I agree with this column's overall point. Democratic politicians need to show people that they're willing to fight back.

Mocking Governor Abbott? He's a cruel, stupid man. Calling him Hot Wheels is so minor compared to the things Trump and his crew say every day it's not worth comment.

Politics has changed for the worst thanks to Fox News, hate radio, and internet trolling. We can't win by pretending it's still the old ways.

I remember when Dick Cheney said "fuck you" to somebody on the Senate floor. He got away with it. The rules have changed.

Twenty years ago I could not have imagined that a person as vile as Trump could be elected president. He's been elected twice. Here's where we are. I don't like it either but here we are.

Of course she get a lot of unsolicited advice.to.play to the middle. Personally, I like her the way she.is. I think the world is ready for a.less than polite Democratic after years of getting add kicked by incompetent clowns. We need to fight fire with fire. PO, not pearl clutching.. You don't need many Trump.voters if you give some of the non voters to show up. That is the dolt won in.2016 versus a.status.quo candidate..

She is incredibly smart and not afraid to show it.

Everybody who thinks like us, that is. It would be still one hell of an uphill battle to bring a majority around.

Ironically, I don’t think Texas Democrats can do it by themselves. However, constant Republican finger-pointing, if used to excess (and when have Republicans EVER gone too far, right?), could turn out to be her secret ace in the hole. Do enough loud finger-pointing, and maybe enough formerly uninvolved voters might tune in to check out what all the fuss is about, and find they like what they see and hear. What Texas Democrats can’t accomplish by themselves, the Republicans might inadvertently accomplish for them, despite their intention to do the opposite.

she has to get moderate votes from Hispanics and whites. It's zero surprise that Republicans looked at Talarico, a Christian Hispanic man, and figured out he had a much stronger chance of connecting to those voters and winning in the general. In fact, polling already supports this.

Nothing that can be done now. Republican crossovers will make sure she is the one nominated in the primary and then we will lose in November.

As long as Paxton vs Cronyn is close, they might vote there. I don't think they can vote in both

I am SICK of Democrats being the Pinata for Republicans. I am disgusted with Chuck Schumer's "very strong letter" to the President. I don't want us to lie, cheat, or steal, unlike a certain other party, but this country is going down the tubes and it seems like the Democrats are standing around in a circle saying to each other "gee, this is a shame. We should do something. Let's take a vote next week about forming a committee and talk over maybe doing something."

We need show.

We may not get to vote for every Senate election, but we each have a huge stake.

The Democrats need to have daily press conferences where they yell, pound the podium, and talk about what a disgrace this all is.

They need to hold weekly town halls, walk around the cities in their districts, and speak out.

We need candidates that breathe fire, pee acid, and take no prisoners.
Get OUR platform out in front of the masses, call out their lies and propaganda, and just keep pushing back HARD.

Since they level that charge against every Democrat, it is meaningless.

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It's worth listening to how he responds to the media

Link to tweet

In any Senate election simple name recognition is as powerful as anything else. And Crockett's ability to combine humor with steel trap intelligence and political instincts may be unbeatable.

I will choose Crockett. Talrico is a fundamentalist Christian, and that makes him a no for me, unless he ends up being the nominee. Then I will hold my nose and vote for him.

Texas could do a lot worse than that.

Best wishes to all Dem candidates who are courageous enough to speak truth to fools in the language they will understand!

Yet we won all of those races, except for Ohio (JD Vance).