MARK HALPERIN: Is Democrat James Talarico the real deal — or Beto 2.0 headed for a Texas flop?
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James Talarico energizes Texas Democrats with Senate bid, but his liberal record may complicate statewide victory in conservative Texas during 2024 campaign season.
Hope, untethered from history and arithmetic, can become its own kind of mirage. Democrats once believed Beto O’Rourke would do it. Before that, it was Wendy Davis. Each time, the money poured in, the national media swooned and Texas Republicans quietly counted votes. Political analyst and best-selling author Mark Halperin is Editor-in-Chief of the new interactive live video platform 2WAY.
Hope can animate. It can also delude.
For Democrats, the drought is real. No Democrat has won a statewide race in Texas since 1994. Ann Richards is a memory. The Bush era came and went. The Tea Party rose. Donald Trump remade the GOP. Beto O’Rourke flashed and faded. And still the red wall has held, impregnable.
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