Not to go all Freddie Stubbs, but look at this map:

http://gregsopinion.com/2008Prim_Senate/tx...

Now if Greg is accurate, and if I'm reading him right ...

That map says that Rick Noriega got less than one-third of Democratic primary voters in bright blue places like Beaumont/Port Arthur (Jefferson), Corpus (Calhoun/Matagorda), and Tyler/Longview (Smith/Gregg). All of East Texas would appear to be one very large uh-oh.

Rick is going to have to do some heavy stumping, from the Coastal Bend to the mouth of the Sabine and all the way up to Texarkana. Probably he ought to get started right away.