From the Rally in Houston, Sen Tim Kaine heads to Austin!! ENDORSEMENT COMING!!

[misterhighwasted]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.kvue.com/amp//news/local/vp-candidate-tim-kaine-making-campaign-stop-in-austin/324731632?

VP candidate Tim Kaine making campaign stop in Austin
KVUE Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:57:36 GMT

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine will be in Austin Friday to join Texas Latino elected officials as they officially endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

The move comes just days before Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are set to meet on stage in New York for the first presidential debate.

According to the Clinton campaign, the group of Latino elected leaders and Kaine will talk about Trump’s rhetoric towards immigrants and other minority groups as well as his plans for deportations and other campaign issues.

The endorsement is expected at a press conference set for 2:30 p.m.CT at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center on the 600 block of River Street in Austin.

[greenman3610]

1. how close is it in Texas?

[misterhighwasted]

5. Here's a link that tells how close Tx is to turning blue...and

its only going to get better.
Austin is good for Dems and Dallas as well and San Antonio.
Adding in the new aggressive ground game going on in the outer cities of El Paso and GOTV in the large Hispanic areas, Trump has a chance but the Dem Party sees an opening with Tx that has not happened since 1964.

I give Tx to Clinton/Kaine on Nov 8th.
My opinion.

Here's a Local News clip following Kaine's Houston rally this morning. Listen to the newscasters take on Tex voters at the end of clip. Interesting.

Sounds positive for us!

"People in the past would have voted Republican..voting Dem this time"
http://abc13.com/politics/tim-kaine-speaks-in-downtown-houston/1523598/

[hamsterjill]

2. All good news!!!!

Come on, my beloved Texas!!!! Vote, Vote, Vote!!!!

[MyNameIsKhan]

3. The internals must be showing close that is why the push

[misterhighwasted]

6. Exactly right. They wouldn't be suddenly this agressive if there weren't good #'s

I think we will do it this year.

[democrattotheend]

7. Probably not close enough to win

But close enough to make Trump defend it. Which is time/money that Trump doesn't have to spend trying to flip Obama states.

It also helps with the narrative. Bush did this with New Jersey in 2004. Kerry ended up winning NJ by 7 points and it was called for him as soon as the polls closed, but the media was talking about how Bush was putting Kerry on defense by going into New Jersey. Campaigning in enemy territory can make it look like you're ahead, unless it looks like a Hail Mary pass like Romney's late push for Pennsylvania in 2008. And it's a morale boost for Democrats to see Kaine campaigning in a state like Texas.

I hope the campaign makes a serious push for Arizona too. There was talk late in 2008 that Obama might go in there, but it never happened, probably because the campaign decided it would look tacky to try to "run up the score" by trying to embarrass McCain in his home state. In 2012 it looked like Obama would campaign there, but he scrapped it after polls got tight elsewhere.

[anamandujano]

8. Texas has a lot of Republicans yes but they are not all insane. We have a good chance.

[book_worm]

4. Looks like the Democratic ticket is making a real effort in Texas.