SPEECH, HE THANKED HIS
SUPPORTERS
BUT ALSO
NOTED THAT BETO O'ROURKE
INSPIRED TEXAS.
JENNIFER LINDGREN, CBS 11 NEWS.
WE ARE JOINED BY
A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR.
WE WANT TO START
WITH THE SENATE RACE.
MANY REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THAT
BETO O'ROURKE MAY BE
ABLE TO UNSEAT CRUZ.
WHAT IS
NEXT FOR HIM DO YOU THINK?
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS,
FIRST OF ALL HE SAYS
HE'S GOING BACK TO EL PASO AND
HE WOULD TAKE A
BREATHER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
BUT, OTHERS ARE SAYING
THAT HE'S GOT ALL
OF THIS MOMENTUM, THERE IS
A POSSIBILITY
THAT HE CAN RUN
AGAINST CORN AND IN 2020.
THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY
THAT HE MIGHT PUT IN
A BID
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL BID
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WHICH WOULD BE UNUSUAL
FOR A CONGRESSMAN.
HOWEVER,
BETO O'ROURKE HAS DONE
MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
UNUSUAL.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE THAT,
AS WELL.
HISTORY WAS MADE IN
ANOTHER RACE, ALL RED DEFEATED
SESSIONS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS
THE TIPPING POINT IN THAT RACE.
DOES THIS SIGNAL
THAT AT LEAST PARTS
OF TEXAS ARE BECOMING MORE
OF A BATTLEGROUND AREA?
I THINK POTENTIALLY.
THE TIPPING., I WOULD SAY.
FIRST
OF ALL
I THINK LOOKING AT
ALLRED'S STAR POWER
, THE FACT HE IS
MUCH YOUNGER, NEWER ,
AS COMPARED TO
PETE SESSIONS WHO IS
AN 11 TERM 63-YEAR-OLD
CONGRESSMAN.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS
MORE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS
OF THE DISTRICT, AND
THE FACT
THAT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE
BEEN SHIFTING
, IT'S BEEN BECOMING A
MUCH MORE DIVERSE DISTRICT
OVERTIME.
AND, THAT'S NOT SURPRISING
GIVING
THAT DISTRICT WAS REDISTRICTED
, FOR THE REPUBLICANS, BACK
IN 2003.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
A CORRECTION FOR THAT DISTRICT
DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
WERE GOING TO GO
OUT LIVE TO CAPITOL HILL
IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
WE WANT TO GET YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THE NATIONAL RACES.
WE HAVE A SPLIT IN
CONGRESS NOW. MANY PEOPLE SAID
IF
THAT HAPPENED IT WOULD BE
SEEN AS A REFERENDUM AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
YOU THINK THAT IS
THE CASE?
I THINK MIDTERM ELECTIONS ALWAYS
TEND TO BE A REFERENDUM
EITHER FOR OR AGAINST
THE SITTING PRESIDENT.
I THINK YES,
IT IS IN SOMEWAYS
THE CASE.
I DON'T THINK
THAT IS RARE.
I DON'T
THINK THAT IS AN ANOMALY.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT
YOU TYPICALLY EXPECT TO SEE.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
PRESIDENT'S FIRST TERM GOING
BACK
TO BILL CLINTON.
RIGHT.
THAT IS A COMMON THING.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE A
CORRECTION
FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED
