The state lawmaker leads his opponent by four percentage points, 47% to 43%
State Rep. James Talarico is beating Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, according to a new poll.
The survey was shared by JT Ennis, a spokesman for Talarico. It showed that the lawmaker had a 4-point advantage before his interview with Stephen Colbert, which stirred controversy after not being aired on the late show television. Talarico claimed it was the Trump administration who blocked the airing of the interview and called it “the most dangerous kind of cancel culture.”
Conducted by Impact Research among 800 likely voters in the Democratic primary, the survey showed Talarico getting 47% of the support, compared to Crockett’s 43%. 9% of respondents said they were undecided.
Weird. Yesterday’s polls had Crockett ahead by 12 points.
Was it the same poll, or a different one?
I read about it here.
But, after reading it again, it does say this poll was taken just before Talarico’s interview with Stephen Colbert aired. I guess not many people knew about him before that. That’s quite a boost.
Streisand effect strikes again
Kamala Harris also just endorsed Jasmine Crockett yesterday.
So, uh… take that as you will.
I’ve been very supportive of him. I truly hope he’s the real deal and don’t get burned like we did with Sinema or Fetterman. What he says is dead-on.
What about him do you like more than Jasmine? She’s a fuckin firecracker. I love her. Never heard of this other dude.
I do, or did too. But I frankly like how Talarico packages his points much better and in a way that reaches “moderate” or Independent swing-voters more effectively.
I also saw Crockett took a $25k trip paid for by AIPAC and that’s a deal-breaker alone for me. Though Talarico took took money from Adelson’s pac before he went viral, it seems that was related to casinos. Both imperfect, I guess.
Watch some of his recent speeches, or the videos that made him viral this past year. He has fully embraced the Fight Oligarchy strategy of AOC and Sanders.
I’m split evenly on them. Republicans want Crockett because she’s a woman and black and they think that’ll make it easy or something. I think she’s a more dominant opponent to the Republican party in sheer strength. Her rhetoric hits like a sack of nickels. Debating her would be terrifying.
Talarico on the other hand is a bigger threat to Christian nationalism. Thats what I think they ® fear in him. He is a very mild mannered, straight white Christian man. He knows the Bible and he is politely reminding Christians that the Jesus in the Bible would have never worn a maga hat, and would have opposed those that do.
So I see why Republicans prefer Crocket, but I think it’s bad news for them either way.
He says Israel has committed war crimes. Crockett has said that Hamas committed war crimes, but I have never heard her actually say that Israel has committed war crimes. She’s aggressive, but what does she actually stand for?
She’s kicking journalists that she doesn’t like out of her campaign events like Trump would. Is that what we’re supposed to like now?
We need to give Mr. Talarico a helmet to prevent concussions, TBIs, or IDK brainworms or something.
Never trust polls! Go vote!
Now the media engineering starts. Polls, sure. “Science” at it’s best.
In the primary campaign your opposition is Jack Hopeful, a member of your own party. Never forget that you will need the support of all your party after the primary and never let your supporters forget it!
This is a very touchy, difficult matter, particularly in a volunteer organization. You are certain to have loyal supporters who are simple souls, unable to think in terms other than black and white. To them Jack Hopeful is the ENEMY - they will commit excesses through misguided zeal. So also will some of Mr. Hopeful’s supporters. Bad blood breeds more bad blood; in short order you can have a situation which is completely out of hand, which splits the party wide open, and which will render it impossible for your man to win in the finals.
Since the nomination is valueless in itself, being merely a necessary means to an end, you must prevent this at all costs.
–Robert A. Heinlein, Take Back Your Government
Have heard Talarico speak twice now. Both times he had practically the same story, with practically the same intonation on words. Sounded very rehearsed, inauthentic to be honest.
I’m not an American, nor obviously am I from Texas, but I’ve heard of Crockett, and she’s had some decent exchanges in the house in the past from what I recall. I imagine, between the two, I’d have more confidence that she’d be a more vocal/active/progressive democrat – whereas Talarico almost feels like a Republican in Democrat clothing.
