Monthly Archives: October 2026

Talarico’s Skin Suit Campaign Ad

Fisking Talarico's Latest Ad A skin suit is what the spot is selling. It is not a senator. Thirty seconds. A Texas flag. A Monday Night Football audience. James Talarico in a suit, telling the state he will put Texas before any party, that he called out Joe Biden, that he worked with Republicans to pass the largest property tax cut in Texas history, that he will fight for oil and gas jobs, that Ken Paxton will be a lapdog, and that he will bring checks and balances back. #TexasSenate AdImapct: James Talarico releases new ad touting his bipartisan credentials and…

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A Look at House Campaign Spending

Follow the Money Two documents landed on the same day, and they do not require a commentator. Julie Merz of the DCCC told donors the committee needs $17 million by October 22 or it will leave winnable races on the table. The Congressional Leadership Fund filed $32.8 million across 31 House races with the FEC. One is a plea. One is a wire. Rush Limbaugh spent years teaching a simple rule. Follow the money. Money never lies. Tonight it spoke twice, and it said the same thing from opposite ends of the ledger. The plea Merz opened with confidence. The party…

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Where’s Jimmy?

Where is James Talarico? Twelve days. An empty calendar. Campaigns abhor a vacuum. Ken Paxton put the question to a San Antonio crowd with the president in the building. Where is Talarico? Twelve days. The chant did not need a speechwriter. It needed an empty calendar, and the calendar was empty. A Senate nominee does not get to vanish for two weeks in October and have the silence treated as neutral. Nature abhors a vacuum. Politics abhors one faster. The space fills. It fills with theories, with old footage dressed as news, with a spokesman’s sentence that answers less than it…

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