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As it became clear earlier this week that Texas Republicans would once again run the table in statewide elections, social media lit up with a familiar metaphor. “Texas to Democrats is Charlie Brown trying to kick the football,” one Twitter user observed. “Every 2 to 4 years [they] think they are kicking the field goal but instead Lucy (voters) pull the ball out from them.” On Facebook, a nonprofit executive from Arlington posted an image of Charlie Brown kicking air with the tongue-in-cheek caption, “Texas Democrats believe, yet again, that the race is neck-and neck.” It’s not really a fair analogy. Lucy at least gave Charlie Brown a good look at the football before pulling it away. Texas Republicans, on the other hand, crushed Democratic hopes…

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