General Discussion

It was a Hood County Democratic gathering and he was the speaker. When he started in on the Rs in the Texas Lege, we knew he meant business but he never seemed to be on the attack - it was just facts. That day was the first time I heard "School Voucher Scam" from a politician (the crowd loved that one). His whole demeanor reflected self confidence, dedication to fighting the MAGA domination of the Texas Lege, without seeming egotistical at all. We also heard a bit about the dangers of Christian Nationalism and the risks it presents to the First Amendment, as well as the self proclaimed "Christianity" falsehood of those whose every action is antithetical to the teachings of Christ. He impressed me as a true "Voice of Reason".

I had already seen a video of him in a sermon situation speaking at length about Christian Nationalism. He did a deep dive, yet explained it clearly and without condescention. The video was shown in my Sunday School class, many of whom knew nothing of him and very little about Christian Nationalism; everyone was impressed by him.

Later on I saw YouTUbe videos of him in the Legislature and everybody needs to watch them! He destroyed his debate opponents without even raising his voice with intelligent points and the knowledge to back them up.

By the time he announced I was convinced that Texas needs him to represent us and the US Senate needs him (I have fantasies of watching him teaming up with Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock in the Senate!) I admit to wishing he had decided to run for the House but to do that he would have had to primary an excellent Democratic incumbent (Rep Greg Cesar) who is another Texas up and comer.

When Rep Crockett filed to run it bothered me a lot because two of the brightest lights in Texas Democratic politics were pitted against one another. My expectation was that she would run again in the House, pull off a close win in the redrawn district and serve there until Cruz is on the ballot and blow him to smithereens. I hope she challenges him regardless.

It's been a rough 90 days since the filing deadline and the range war is going to take a while to die down. I do believe the non MAGA Republicans will prefer him to Cornyn or Paxton. Texas also has 40 to 45%- registered but non voting Democrats or Democratic leaning voters (AKA NVDs - Non Voting Democrats) and he drew a lot of them out in this primary; I expect him to get their votes in November as well.

I love the fact that he can work the state for 12 weeks while Paxton and Cornyn duke it out in the runoff, spending money which could be going to other races and states. That runoff is going to be a doozy; I can't wait to watch those two try to destroy each other. I am already well stocked with popcorn.