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Where i think you've got a significant number of trump voters where you could tap into that i think as a republican with less of a risk of the sort of backlash potential you have in some of these more swingish house seats that are out there. >> shawna thomas, you're our texan here at the table. >> yes. >> houston native. >> yes. born and raised. >> beto. he's a phenomenon outside of texas and i guess we're trying to figure out is he a real phenomenon inside of texas. >> i think so. i think the interesting thing is and i believe abby livingston wrote about this recently, about seeing lots of si...

Competing in. one where they might get some pause is, hey, if we can win these states outright in 2016, why are we potentially giving away two or three electoral votes in our state. there is that. pennsylvania and michigan, these are states that have really been lost causes for the republicans in presidential elections. 198 the last time they won either one of thooez them. these are more safely blue states. sure you've got republicans in the governorship and republicans in the state legislature. but thing is an awareness on the part at some level that they are existing in blue states with demo...

Away two or three electoral votes in our state. there is that. pennsylvania and michigan, these are states that have really been lost causes for the republicans in presidential elections. 1988 the last time they won either one of them. these are more safely blue states. sure you've got republicans in the governorship and republicans in the state legislature. but thing is an awareness on the part at some level that they are existing in blue states with democratic-friendly electorates. and if democrats, and if the media cried foul and said this is an explicitly political sort of repurposing of e...