Philip M. Bailey

So rather than going through the legislative process, which is very difficult, you have Republicans like Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who would not necessarily be along with the Save Act.

Even Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former Senate Majority Leader,

apparently has misgivings about that legislation in the SAVE Act as well.

And President Trump has made it clear in the past that when he doesn't get his way via Congress, he'll simply pull out his pen and do as he pleases.

So this has got a lot of nervous tension here between now and the midterms because of President Trump's refusal to acknowledge previous election results, his efforts to overturn that 2020 election, but also, Dana, Congress not going along with him, even Republican allies not going along with him on these issues.

Right.

The showdown in Texas on both sides, on the Democratic and Republican side.

Let's start with the Democrats, because I think that's the one that's going to be the more interesting in terms of personalities.

You have Congressman Jasmine Crockett going up against State Representative James Tallarico.

The thought initially, Dana, was that Jasmine Crockett entering this race, she was going to be this fundraising powerhouse.

She's this quick-witted civil rights attorney who took off on cable news with her clapbacks at Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump.

Long before Democrats were doing that, Jasmine Crockett of Texas was doing that.

But then you see James Tallarico has really taken off in terms of leaning into a populist message, really laced with his more progressive but yet Christian values.

And it's become a really nasty sort of primary in the sense that it's a question of electability, which Congressman Crockett told me, and she said this to other media outlets as well, which she feels like is a dog whistle for her race and gender as a black woman.

She makes the point that, hey, other Democrats have taken on Donald Trump in the same way.

And what's the issue with their electability?

I think part of it, Dana, is because Texas Democrats haven't had a Democratic senator since 1988.

So we'll see how things are turning out there.

The turnout, like I said before, is surging.

There is an issue of a personality difference between the two.