This election in my home-state of Texas is very strange this year. There are so many people that voted for Bush that are going to vote for Sanchez or Kirk. I have photograph of a large group from Tyler at the Inaugural Ball in DC, and there are a handful of people in there that I know are voting for Sanchez. Luckily that race isn't tight. But as for Kirk, he's popular in Dallas. Dallas is a huge voting block and tends to swing democrat b/c of the racial makeup.
I like Cornyn, and I voted for him, BUT, he's not the most charismatic person in the world. Back last Spring when he kicked off his campaign, I actually dozed off during his speech in Tyler. He's very smart, and very qualified for this position, but Kirk is liked by a lot of big money folks in Dallas.
That being said, I think Cornyn will pull this off, but it will be a lot closer than the Perry/Sanchez race.
That's the hard thing to understand if it does come in as a close race... How can the same voters give Perry a 20 point lead and then swap and vote for Kirk? It really blows my mind..... We'll see what the final numbers are soon.