Everything's Bigger in Texas (Except Obama's Popularity Numbers)

Obama traveled to Texas yesterday to mock Republicans and anyone who believes that controlling our border is a national priority.  Some have suggested that Obama might have a shot at winning Texas, but Bryan Preston thinks that's a lot of bull...well, you know: 

As I've already written, the El Paso speech was a flop. Obama mocked a serious issue that Texans of all backgrounds deal with every day, showing once again his partisanship rather than any statesmanship. He turned the border into a comedy club, with himself playing insult comic before a closed, and therefore predictably adoring, crowd (and still managed to earn a boo here and there). He did not make his way in Texas next year any easier. Add in his negligence on Texas'[s] wildfire crisis and his administration's decision to deny Houston a retired space shuttle, and you have the makings of a very unpopular president. Perhaps that is why he took no press questions during his brief swing here. 

Read the rest of it. Texas is a bridge too far for Obama, especially given the way he's treated the state.