vote for him, the candidate i was most surprise to see onstage giving a speech at the dnc was collin allred in texas. another red state that trump is almost certainly going to win, although of course, democrats always talk about how they'd like to put it in play. but that tells me a couple of things. number one, that he gets so many donations from being up there on the national stage and saying, i'm running against ted cruz crews, that it's worth whatever haiti takes from being associated with the top of the ticket. >> and number two, that it's a different political calculation and a state like texas, where he is hoping that there's enough of an effect on the base. >> there's enough of a mobilization effect from the energy behind this new ticket that that could be enough to put him in contention for particularly against a candidate like a ted cruz. >> but you know, politics one-to-one, if you're sherrod brown, if you're a jon tester, you have to run your own race because you're not gonna be able to win without those crossover voters. i would just add that the kamala harris campaign could ca