Abbott says Biden will fade and Trump will win Texas

[TexasTowelie]

by Jonathan Tilove


When I interviewed Gov. Greg Abbott for his take on the just completed legislative session, I noted that with Donald Trump up for reelection, some competitive congressional seats and control of the Texas House on the line, 2020 should be a pretty spectacular year in Texas politics.

“It should be,” the governor said. “It’s shaping up.”

Abbott won’t be on the ballot, but he’s taking a keen interest in how the presidential race might play out in Texas, which, based on early polls, could be close in a state that hasn’t seen a close contest for president since Bob Dole beat Bill Clinton by 5 percentage points in 1996.

“Here’s an unknown factor,” Abbott continued. “We’re seeing something that I have predicted. And that is that (former Vice President Joe) Biden is going to fall. If Biden falls, I think Democrats will have trouble in Texas. He’s not one of these off-the-deep-end leftists who has already adopted the leftist agenda. But in order to win the nomination, he’s increasingly having to take positions that are kind of contrary to where he’s been, like suddenly moving away from the Hyde Amendment, things like that.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190614/tilove-abbott-says-biden-will-fade-and-trump-will-win-texas

[JI7]

1. just the fact that republicans will have to put effort into winning Texas says a lot

[TexasTowelie]

2. Put a Texan on the ticket and the challenge will be daunting.

I'll also enjoy rubbing it in to some of my Republican relatives.

[JI7]

3. it would also be nice to have less ass kissing of Florida and Ohio

and to show we can win even without them.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Agreed.

If Democrats make substantial showings in Texas and Arizona it could change the political calculus for presidential elections. The states in the Southwest rarely see any presidential contenders campaign in their states.

[Gothmog]

5. Texas republicans are worried

[dlk]

6. They're Already Rigging the Voting Machines

Thete will be epic Republican cheating in 2020.