re: Is Lyin Ted in Trouble in Texas?

quote:

---

Dude. It's a clown show.

---

Meh, an editorial from the New Yorker probably isn't the most subjective piece to consider when evaluating a state that is essentially its ideological opposite.

I've heard this "Blue wave in Texas" crap for 15 years, and the only evidence ever provided is "but look at the demographics!" As if TX Hispanics represent a monolithic voting block. Or as if the urban centers of Austin, Dallas, and Houston could ever overcome the giant red piece of land surrounding it.

Election data just doesn't support it. And if the left is really dumb enough to try and run a TX Senate candidate on its national platform, they are just setting him up for failure.

quote:

---

Dude it’s a clown show

---

Forbes

#2 Best States for Business
#3 in Business Costs
#9 in Labor Supply
#21 in Regulatory Environment
#1 in Economic Climate
#2 in Growth Prospects
#30 in Quality of Life


Job growth: 2.2% (growing)
Projected Annual Job Growth
1.7%
Unemployment
4.7%
Median Household Income
$53,207
Household Income Growth
2.9%
Right to Work State
Yes
Union Workforce
4%

Dallas Fed link below. From Last month...
LINK

quote:

---

Texas employment expanded an annualized 6.4 percent in October, outpacing the nation’s 2.2 percent growth (Chart 1). Year to date, Texas employment has grown at a 2.7 percent annual rate. The Dallas Fed’s Texas Employment Forecast suggests 2.6 percent job growth in 2017 (December/December). The Texas unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent—its lowest point in the history of the series, which dates back to 1976. Unemployment also ticked down in all of Texas’ major metros and in the U.S. in October. Payroll expansion was broad based across the major metros in October, with Houston employment surging 9.5 percent following a 7.2 percent decline in September. Employment has expanded in all Texas major metros year to date, with San Antonio leading at 3.0 percent. Service sector employment has grown 2.4 percent this year through October, and goods sector employment is up 4.3 percent. Employment has expanded in all major sectors this year except information services, where it has declined 2.4 percent. Payrolls in oil and gas have increased the most at an annualized 13.1 percent year to date.

---

quote:

---

Did election data support a Dem win in Alabama?

---

Is the Texas GOP running an alleged child molester? Hell, Cruz's taste for MILF porn actresses isn't even that bad.

quote:

---

Redistricting has had a big effect on tamping down the Dem electorate as well.

---

I agree with that. The opposite happens in other states as well, but you're right.

quote:

---

If you want to keep your head in the sand about the demographics, that is certainly fine with me

---

See, I think considering TX Hispanics as a monolithic voting bloc is burying your head in the sand. It's also very ostrich like to consider TX's demographics without regard to considering the national democratic agenda that a Senate candidate would have to carry in any race. It's just not a winning agenda here. Identity politics and wealth redistribution will not work on a state level scale here, IMHO.

quote:

---

Is the Texas GOP running an alleged child molester?

---

No proof of that but he's pretty damn creepy.