DAVID MARCUS: In Dallas, Talaricos firewall is starting to show some real cracks
I met Mark, in his late 50s, at an upscale restaurant in downtown Dallas.He is a lifelong Democrat and an immigration attorney, and, in general, is the kind of voter Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico needs not only to vote for him but to be excited to do so."My dad worked the railroad, made me go to college, we were LBJ [Lyndon B.
Johnson] Democrats, and well, let’s just say, Talarico is obviously very different from Johnson, or even Ann Richards [Texas’ last Democratic governor, who served in the 1990s]."Mark declined to tell me who he was voting for, or even whether he would vote, but I suspect Talarico can count on him, especially given Mark’s less-than-favorable view of Republican Ken Paxton.But there was no excitement when he talked about the race.
Like so many others I spoke with, he said, "This isn’t like when Beto [O’Rourke] ran."Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, left, and his Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)FOX NEWS POLL: IT’S A LONE STAR SENATE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TALARICO AND PAXTONIf enthusiasm is a potential weak point for the Talarico campaign, then an even more worrisome one is his lagging support in the Black community, long the bedrock of Texas Democratic politics.Jay and Darryl are two Black men in their 50s whom I met while they were having breakfast near the AT&T Discovery District.
They each have very different ideas about what is going to happen Tuesday, when voters have their final say.Jay told Fox News Digital of the Senate race, "Actually, I don’t think it's going to be close, he’s going to kill it, because he can get people to flip over," adding, "He would have had a harder time with [Sen.John] Cornyn."Darryl, however, seemed less convinced, arguing that in Texas, "Conservatives aren’t loud, they don’t march, they don’t act up, they paint their hair, but I think they are the silent majority."Democratic Senate candidate ...