Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

Bark louder, little dog.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Republicans don’t trust women.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Let me file that under fuck it.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

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Local Races Open Thread: Local Reviews of the Beto O’Rourke / Greg Abbott Debate

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Not to get anyone’s hopes up, but from what I’m seeing Beto O’Rourke seems to have done really well at last night’s debate. The current governor… not so much.

Houston Chronicle reporter:


Houstonian:

TX Monthly reporter:

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  5. 5.

    Geminid

    It sounds like the debate moved the needle substantially among people who saw it. Now I’m wondering how big the TV audience was.

  8. 8.

    ian

    @Mike in NC:

    The horror of Uvalde should have ended his rotten career.

    It may yet still do that.  The election isn’t over yet, and this is the best a Democratic candidate has polled in Texas for 30 years.  Go Beto!  Go Texas dems!  The day we flip Texas the Republican party won’t be able a national election.

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    Betty

    Beto is great, but no one can guarantee to keep kids safe these days. Any chance the legislature will be less awful? Hoping for the best!

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    ronno2018

    holy crap i hope beto wins but I have little faith it can happen.  so many just do not follow politics and have an understanding of what it means…

  11. 11.

    Kent

    Fall Friday night political debates in Texas?

    Hasn’t anyone heard about Friday Night Lights?   No one is staying home to watch a governor’s debate on a fall Friday night.

    This is a state where towns with a population of 5,000 make 8,000 seat HS football stadiums.

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    Jackie

    @Geminid: Me, too. Having the one and only debate on Friday night (high school football) plus not allowing a live audience (per Abbott’s rule) is, unfortunately, a plus plus for the cowardly Abbott.

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    Anne Laurie

    @Kent:  Fall Friday night political debates in Texas?

    Hasn’t anyone heard about Friday Night Lights? No one is staying home to watch a governor’s debate on a fall Friday night.

    According to the Texans I read, that was pretty much Gov. Abbott’s intention.

    ‘No witnesses, no crime failure’ — a cynic once said this about Texas law enforcement…

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