What are the chances that Cornyn can be unseated in the Senate?

[Skidmore]

And when is that stupid sucker up for re-election?

I can't imagine him being a judge.

[RB TexLa]

1. Very low

elected in 02, so up in '08.

[Gman]

2. slim and none

[Robbien]

3. I really detest that man

He and the Oklahoma Senator top my list of detestable GOPer congresscritters.

[Dr.Phool]

12. Which Oklahoma Senator?

Inhofe and Coburn are both assholes!

[WestHoustonDem]

4. Hey! We're working on it!

There are already several groups looking to recruit candidates.

Don't underestimate Texas! Check the Texas Forum (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=180). We're active and we're taking back our party and our state.

Why not try to help instead of put us down? Keep an eye on the Texas forum. Donate to candidates when the time comes.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Are there any TX Democrats capable of running a good race against him?

Maybe some sort of celebrity? I thought I read somewhere that Cornyn's approval ratings are not too high and somebody could potentially give him a challenge?

I don't know if he could be unseated, but it would be great if he had to work to be re-elected - thereby forcing the GOP to spend time and money there, instead of helping their vulnerable candidates in other states...

[jobycom]

6. Texas re-elected Rick Perry.

Right now the Repubs in Texas feel under attack, which means they are even less likely to change their votes. Even those who oppose Bush--and last I saw he had under 50% approval here in Texas--would still vote for him over a Democrat.

It could change in a year, or someone could emerge to change things, but it's not likely. Democrats are winning more in Texas, but not statewide yet.

[WestHoustonDem]

9. Texans re-elected Perry because the Texas Democratic Party ran a shitty

campaign statewide. The consultants decided that none of the statewide candidates could win and it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. We are working hard to reform the party structure so we can be an effective party in 08. That is the key.

I'll repeat my previous challenge. Keep up with the most active state forum on DU - Texas at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=180 and offer us your help and support. When the time comes, donate to our candidates.

[AnneD]

14. Thanks for telling it like it is.....

The folks that ran and won, ran grass roots campaigns. Perry only one with a 32% margin and at least he is smart enough not to brag about a 'mandate'. It was a 4 candidate race and the DEM's could have had it with a bit more money and a hell of a lot more effort at organizing. All I could do at the time was offer to drive folks to the polls (I was never called), chat Bell up (which I did), and run phone lines for 2 local candidates for the State House. It was a sorry campaign, and not due to the candidate. Bell is a great guy.The campaign against DeLay in 2006 was sorry. It was ripe for the picking, we had plenty of volunteers, and strong candidates but no help from the National organization for a race that would have garnered national attention and been a tipping point in the House. Piss poor strategy. That's why I a Dean DEM-he has the right idea.

[jobycom]

15. Quit blaming the TDP, you'll have a better chance to make a change.

Perry won because he hit the key issues that the Texas majority votes on. Guns, gays, God. And we ran a candidate who appeals to us but not to Texas in general. Nothing the TDP could have done would have resulted in Chris Bell winning, even if they had the funds. I don't blame Bell, either--we don't have a statewide candidate with the type of appeal because we haven't won a statewide office since, when, 1990? And some of that was a fluke--Richards would have lost if Williams hadn't shot himself in the foot, face, hand, and anything else he could shoot himself in.

The work has to be done at the lower levels. We need to change minds, we need to register voters, we need to sway the media, we need to choose candidates with statewide appeal and not just appeal within our own party, and we need to quit fighting ourselves and blaming whomever is running the TDP at the time. Join your local Democratic club, get involved in community charity events, try to make people think of the Dems as something other than a political party they hate. If David Van Os had been the TDP chair, or Glen Maxey, we would have still lost, and people (maybe different Dems, but still Dems) would be blaming either of them for running a "shitty campaign." The charges would have been just as groundless. So then we'd have to elect someone new to blame next time, and we could spend all our time, energy and money fighting within the party instead of fighting outside the party.

I do keep up with the Texas forum, but I don't join in the discussions, because I often disagree with it, and I don't want to see more fighting in the party. Every faction truly believes that the problem is that the other factions are too in control, and thus every faction believes the real solution is to cut out the other factions and make their own faction the one in power. Thus, more fragmenting, less chance of winning. Part of that is just a symptom of losing, and if we do get a bit of success, much of that will go away. But we've run liberals, progressives, conservatives, whites, blacks, Hispanics, women, men, well-spoken, plain spoken, down to earth, elite, and everything in between, and we haven't won yet. No faction is going to win.

We can win in Texas, but we won't as long as everybody keeps blaming someone else in our own party for our losses.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

13. Where is a list of repug Senators up in '08? I think there are about

20 of the most crazy repugs who have their necks on the line in '08. The repugs are left with some crazy-ass people. We need to re-double our efforts to clean the House and Senate along with the White House.

I, for one, would love to see McConnell unemployed. Damn he and wifey need to go back to their cave somewhere in Louisville and hang from the roof. They're both bat shit crazy.

[Loki]

7. I have hope

We no longer have to look at the likes of Tom Delay and soon the GOP shill Cornyn will find that even Texan's have a limit to the BS we will take. Cornyn has his head so far up Bush's a** , every time he smiles you see Cornyn's face - sycophant and toady thy name is John Cornyn.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Well, I think it's doable ! Here's his chart...

He is SUCH a creep

[marmar]

10. I really wish there were.....

He's a huge pile of hippo dung.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. I turned off CSPan. Did not want to lose b-fast.

Given some of the horror stories out of texas justice system, I CAN imagine him being a judge. Just not a very good one.