tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post3166343715984534460..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Texas EV scattershotsPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-58061039602167819332018-10-25T11:35:33.917-05:002018-10-25T11:35:33.917-05:00I tried to get a comment on your post that I put i...I tried to get a comment on your post that I put in the Wrangle but Wordpress foiled me. I'm an old Brotherhood member in the WWW myself.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-11406809282755408362018-10-25T11:28:15.463-05:002018-10-25T11:28:15.463-05:00Thanks for calling attention to Chris Rogers's...Thanks for calling attention to Chris Rogers's mural of Beto. Hope it doesn't jinx the election, eh? <br /><br />Sad reality is, Beto's election would really be rather like a superhero's ascension to the Senate. We're in trouble when common sense and a good love for America and making America work well is a superpower.<br /><br />Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-78256612845481755692018-10-24T19:12:04.845-05:002018-10-24T19:12:04.845-05:00A nose, boog, and three feet between them of ... I...A nose, boog, and three feet between them of ... I'll stop there with the mucus analogy.<br /><br />Remember that the TPPP dudes (Henson, Blank; blogged <a href="https://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2018/09/some-cold-hard-reality-for-texas-dems.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/odds-against-orourke-some-back-envelope-vote-counting-texas-senate-race" rel="nofollow">here</a>) said he needs about 900K votes to overcome the inherent GOP advantage in TX. By their quick-and-dirty method, a 20% increase in D turnout only gets him about 40% of the way there (380K votes).PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-29796307081675931762018-10-24T16:49:02.951-05:002018-10-24T16:49:02.951-05:00Wow. Some Kuffmanesque crunching of numbers there,...Wow. Some Kuffmanesque crunching of numbers there, PD. The pie chart contains no surprises, but I wonder how the yellow slice (6.4% never voted before) breaks down into 18-25ers, recently naturalized, & older grown-ups who had just never bothered to vote.<br /><br />That senatorial race is going to be a close one. Who knew O'Rourke had so much more charisma and fundraising acumen than Paul Sadler? (Look him up, folks; I'll wait.) My gut is still telling me that Cruz will win by more than a nose and a booger.dbcgreentxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165241808757951660noreply@blogger.com