Part one:
Our regular check in with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report the “voice” of Texas
topics;
– Texas Senators Cruz and Cornyn both support moving forward with a new Supreme Court Justice, but they have different approaches
– Texas GOP Chairman West, Ag Commissioner Miller, Dr. Hotze, and other Republicans sue Gov. Abbott over extension of early voting https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/23/texas-republicans-greg-abbott-early-voting/. They are concerned that the governor is overreaching.
– Some elected Republicans, meantime, are now declaring they no longer support Gov. Abbott as governor https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/23/steve-toth-greg-abbott-coronavirus/
– Sources are telling Quorum Report that Republican strategist Dave Carney told lobbyists and the Texas House GOP that the Democratic polls can’t be trusted, but he declined to offer any numbers of is own
Part Two:
Our bimonthly check in with Progressive Commentator Bill Curry, former candidate for Gov. of Connecticut and advisor to Bill Clinton.
We have a discussion about Trump’s father’s training Donald to be a ‘killer’ ‘
We take note of Bloomberg’s payment of fines for former prison inmates in order that they can vote. We also take note of Schwarzenegger’s efforts to support voting.
