Republican, Democratic strategists weigh in on if Ken Paxton has a likability problem
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[0:00] Welcome back. President Trump heads to
[0:02] Kansas today, beginning another packed
[0:03] week of campaigning. New CBS News
[0:06] polling shows two traditionally red
[0:08] states are toss-ups in their Senate
[0:10] races, and that includes Texas. There,
[0:13] Republican Ken Paxton against Democrat
[0:15] James Terico are neck andneck and within
[0:17] the margin of error. Let's discuss
[0:19] what's happening here and elsewhere.
[0:21] Robin Patterson is a former assistant
[0:22] press secretary for the Biden
[0:24] administration and Harrison Fields is a
[0:26] CBS News political contributor and
[0:28] former deputy press secretary for
[0:30] President Trump. Good morning to you
[0:32] both and welcome Harrison. Uh let's
[0:34] start with you because Texas is
[0:36] interesting. In our CBS News polling, it
[0:38] also shows only 23% of Republicans say
[0:41] they'll vote for Paxton because they
[0:43] like him. And now Republicans may lose
[0:45] it. Democrats have this within striking
[0:47] distance. May it have been a mistake for
[0:49] the party to choose him as their
[0:51] candidate?
[0:52] >> Well, remember who actually chose the
[0:54] candidate? It was the people of Texas.
[0:56] This was a free and fair primary just
[0:58] like we all want in states. And the
[1:01] people of Texas called for Ken Paxton.
[1:04] Listen, I've got news for the American
[1:05] people and for people in Te