Issues

It was a great night nationally. Donald Trump wins. We hold the US Senate, the House and, in Texas, Trump wins 53% to 43%, and we hold statewide offices. It was truly an historic victory for the GOP.

Reports in Harris County, Texas as of Monday show a record-breaking turnout of about 640,000, and analysts tell us the GOP is up around 5,000. So it’s anyone’s election to win.

The early voting is on, and in Texas we desperately need you to vote the entire ballot. There are many fine candidates down-ballot who need your support.

As we move into the final days of our election, we at TCR have been giving thought to our future. As our title indicates, we are in terrible shape.

The odds are pretty good that the next Vice-President will end up being President. The age and health of both Clinton and Trump tell us it is true.

It has now been 28 days since TCR first wrote about key GOP elected officials who have called out other leaders and voters to support Republican candidates from the Courthouse to the White House, and you have yet to hear from Harris County GOP Chair Paul Simpson and State GOP Chair Tom Mechler!

It seems every presidential election comes with stakes higher than the last, and that is certainly true this year.

As we observe a relatively quiet statewide and local election cycle, three key GOP elected officials have called out other leaders and voters to support Republican candidates from the Courthouse to the White House.

It was a strange week or so, and, like many, we are scratching our head as to who Trump thinks his opponent is, Michael Bloomberg, Paul Ryan, John McCain, or Khizr Khan?

If Donald Trump plans to show voters what to expect from a Trump presidency, then he has done two things so far to increase our confidence in him.