New haven america wrote:Ok, this is getting almost comical
Abbott's really worried about his election chances, isn't he?
Abbott's probably fine to be honest. He has a large funding advantage over his GOP challengers, among them Allen West, and he managed to see off Lupe Valdez very comfortably in the last gubernatorial election. Given how strong political parties are in Texas and how he's managed to keep suburbanite voters in Houston and Dallas onside, he should win by a pretty comfortable margin, being carried by everything outside of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, and the Valley. A ten or fifteen point victory wouldn't surprise me. He'll likely win by a million in the popular vote again too.
And, before you accuse me of being a wingnut, while such a charge is accurate, I actually dislike Abbott for a wide number of reasons and would very much like to see him lose. He's not likely to lose though, and, as I pointed out below, it has nothing to do with gerrymandering or cheating.