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31. Tip O'Neill knew whereof he spoke

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:34 PM

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He said "All politics is local." Truer words were never spoken. O'Neill was a Massachusetts Democrat who was Speaker of the House. In Texas, he would have been lucky to be elected city dog catcher in El Paso.

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Jasmine Crockett Holds Big Lead in Texas Primary (& Abbot spends millions to fight her). [View all] applegrove 21 hrs ago OP

GREAT Bread and Circuses 21 hrs ago #1

As much as I love Jasmine, you do know that a lot of political observers think Big Blue Marble 20 hrs ago #6

Interesting polling LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #2

I don't like how late she got into the race Skittles 20 hrs ago #4

Crockett was screwed by the GOP gerrymander LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #12

Crockett getting fucked over by repukes Skittles 20 hrs ago #16

What race should she have run? JustAnotherGen 20 hrs ago #20

Governor or Lt Governor Rstrstx 17 hrs ago #35

Gov or Lt Gov JustAnotherGen 3 hrs ago #50

Anecdotally I have heard that republicans Horse with no Name 20 hrs ago #13

I don't believe that. Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #15

I absolutely believe that pinkstarburst 20 hrs ago #22

I hope that after this primary finishes on March 3, Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #24

She is not going to win pinkstarburst 19 hrs ago #25

Look, I think everyone can agree that Democrats picking up a Senate seat in Texas is a longshot. Quiet Em 18 hrs ago #32

The numbers we are seeing have a lot of repub pinkstarburst 17 hrs ago #33

There very well could be more unafilliated voters voting in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary Quiet Em 17 hrs ago #34

I love the sound of Senator Crockett Nictuku 20 hrs ago #3

Sadly, she has zero chance in the general pinkstarburst 20 hrs ago #19

Talarico JustAnotherGen 20 hrs ago #21

The poll sampled 369 voters. Who were they? Texas has more than five million Democratic voters. DFW 20 hrs ago #5

In just six days we will know. Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #7

That we will. DFW 20 hrs ago #9

I saw that. I am so sorry. Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #10

I was also sorry to see that LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #17

I am so sorry... did they even let you vote provisionally? SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #18

No. Just "you are too late" DFW 18 hrs ago #27

Ugh. My condolences again. SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #28

I'm 5000 miles from Dallas. I don't have a lot of leverage as a Texas Democrat. n/t DFW 18 hrs ago #30

That poll also was taken way before the Colbert show pinkstarburst 19 hrs ago #26

This poll was before Cobert's interview with Talarico. nature-lover 20 hrs ago #8

Thanks for that context. applegrove 20 hrs ago #11

Sure. Don't know how much difference it made, but makes the race more interesting. nature-lover 20 hrs ago #14

This poll was of only 369 people pinkstarburst 20 hrs ago #23

Nope. I don't believe this. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #29

Tip O'Neill knew whereof he spoke DFW 18 hrs ago #31

Loved your post! hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #36

ditto, hamsterjill Skittles 15 hrs ago #39

Me too, Skittles. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #40

I've heard the same scuttle here Skittles 14 hrs ago #41

Totally agree. There's a time and a place. hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #46

IF she wins the primary, then her time is "NOW"! Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #45

"do you understand what I am trying to say here ??" hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #49

What I keep seeing in the responses pinkstarburst 2 hrs ago #53

This will be another kwolf68 13 hrs ago #44

I agree. Sadly. Easterncedar 3 hrs ago #51

Here are some other polls LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #37

It's pretty unclear at this point by the crazy polling--- Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #48

I'm sure repukes are happy about that Skittles 15 hrs ago #38

While some Texas R's hope for her to be nominated, presuming her to be the weaker candidate, Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #42

Almost like Crockett could change the Texans hearts applegrove 13 hrs ago #43

Even Rethugs/MAGA could fail to turn out to vote, Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #47

Looks like a garbage poll NoRethugFriends 2 hrs ago #52