New poll has Trump +2 in Texas

[RandySF]

Wash Post/Survey Monkey hot off the presses.

[vadermike]

1. Wow

Holy crap

[VMA131Marine]

2. Donald has a new product line: Trump Toast!

The breakfast of losers.

[Proud liberal 80]

3. Link below

Interesting
GA a better bet for Clinton than Ohio, Fla, or Nevada.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-holds-clear-advantage-in-new-battleground-polls/2016/10/18/2885e3a0-94a6-11e6-bc79-af1cd3d2984b_story.html

[oberliner]

4. Maybe HRC should shift resources from Ohio to Texas

Is it crazy to suggest that?

[Awsi Dooger]

5. My least favorite aspect of election season

No concept of fundamental variables and true odds. Texas won't be close. South Carolina won't be close. Utah won't be close. And so forth. States with huge percentages of self-identified conservatives are not going to favor the Democrat or even tease the Democrat. Once the results start coming in these will be double digit margins. Nobody will say much of anything. We shouldn't be saying anything now.

Rachel Maddow is particularly horrendous at this aspect of politics. Literally every cycle she clutches the state polls that defy long term logic and sits there with a smug face, pretending there's actually an opportunity. She is essentially insulting her audience yet doesn't have any clue about that. It's the only time I click away from her show.

[Doctor Jack]

6. Obama won solidly red Indiana in 2008

And North Carolina went for bush by 13 points in 2004 and it went blue in 08, nearly went blue in 2012, and will likely be won by Clinton this year. Its not just baseless speculation. States can turn from red to blue and vice versa. And sometimes it can happen very suddenly

[jacksonian]

9. well, texas may be a pipe dream

but the main point is Texas never polls like this and now it is.

Whatever that means electorally it certainly seems pro-dem.

[RandySF]

10. I agree because of money.

Texas is huge, red and full of very expensive media markets. It would have required a pre-cognizant campaign manager who was willing to spend the cash and have offices in place to take advantage of Trump's late meltdown.

[dubyadiprecession]

7. It sounds like conservative enthusiasm is bottoming out, deep in the heart of Texas.

[DLCWIdem]

8. I wonder if Marc Cuban endorsement will help with Texas seeing

that he owns Dallas Mavericks