Like most Pennsylvanians, I haven’t been paying much attention to the Senate race in Texas.

Texas is as red as they come, so very few Republicans have had to sweat it out during election season. As I recall, the last time a Democrat went to the Senate from the Lone Star State was almost 40 years ago, when Lloyd “I knew Jack Kennedy, and you’re no Jack Kennedy” Bentsen won a seat.

But times have changed, people are very different, and even Texas has been invaded by people from places where “Hate Has No Home Here” signs have replaced the white picket fence. It’s like the conservatives were at the Alamo, and Santa Ana has an Upper West Side accent.

The mere fact Democrats even think they have a chance shows how strong the winds of change really are.

I found myself watching a Town Hall on CNN the other night, where the Democrat running against the not-so-sure-bet Republican candidate expressed his views on everything from immigration to abortion, from data centers to the national debt, from God to his/her pronouns, and everything in between.

James Talarico was there by himself, in a fairly friendly environment, because his opponent, Ken Paxton, would not agree to a debate.

Now let me tell you how I........

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