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>> lastly, you have a famous or infamous, depends on your point of view, i suppose, friendship with former congressman beto o'rourke, who ran for senate last year in texas and lost. if he were to become -- if he were to run for president and become the democratic nominee, who would you vote for between beto o'rourke and donald trump? >> my plan is to vote for the republican nominee. >> so you would vote for president trump over beto o'rourke. >> most likely donald trump is the likely candidate. >> so trump over o'rourke. >> that's very clear. >> i'm pulling you to say the comment. >> unless be...

Cruz, came within 2.6% of winning. brooke, a texas democrat hasn't won a statewide race since 1994 and because he came so close, they feel like he can run in 2020 against john cornyn, the senior senator here and perhaps win. he came that close. one more biscuit for breakfast maybe he gets over-the-top. there's a lot of people in texas that want him to finish the job for senate. cornyn is a different match-up. they feel it's a better risk than running for president. >> what about -- there's this new word that's been coined, beto mania. we've seen this growing fa nattism over o'rourke. his inter...

Over -- is this over o'rourke, is this a good strategy? >> each campaign needs to run their own campaign. he got himself to this point and within striking distance versus georgia, where stacey abrams had oprah winfrey come in to go to african-american women. so i think everyone has to do different things. there is no one better in texas than beto o'rourke for himself. >> bill: do you think cruz loses tomorrow? >> i don't. a million more registered voters in texas, not just -- cruz -- could all the polls be wrong? it's possible but not likely. on average -- >> i think beto's closing message is....

In the state of texas and ultimately his biggest challenge. >> bill: keep going. >> and i'll add if i can. he is not getting any help from the top of the ticket. >> sandra: let's hear ted cruz on 60 minutes. >> if you look at the dynamics we have numbers on our side. there are a lot more conservatives than liberals. what the o'rourke has had is intensity. the liberals in texas hate president trump. that anger is dangerous and mobilizing. it means they'll show up no matter what. they'll crawl over broken glass to show up. >> bill: my sense is three months ago that was probably a dream but a goo...

Not credible. congressman beto over work causing trump like insults in his final debate with ted cruz. >> he is dishonest, that is why the president called him lying ted and why the nickname stuck because it is true. >> congressman o'rourke's pollsters told him to come out on the attack, he wants to insult me and call me a lie that is fine. congressman o'rourke sides with liberal extremists on the national level instead of people of texas. >> people who left the state of texas within a year of being elected to run for another office. >> do we choose. or do we choose hope? i believe in hope. >>...