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On every page. Let's bring in CBS News Political Director Fin Gómez, who is in New York, where President Trump will be in later today. So, Fin, I mean, to Errol's point, this is supposed to be a postmortem on what the Democratic Party got wrong, what they needed to do going forward. The report can't even get it right. How are voters supposed to have confidence in the party moving forward if there are factual errors, if there are misspellings? Yeah, there's misspellings. There's errors riddled throughout the nearly 200 pages of this memo. However, there were some interesting takeaways as well. I think the document, which was unexpectedly released just yesterday, lays out at off at least partial blame of Kamala Harris's 2024 defeat on President Joe Biden and his political operation for not doing enough to elevate her before her match-up versus Donald Trump in 2024. There is no mention of President Joe Biden's age, which, as we know, was a significant factor in that 2024 race and ultimately helped push him out of that race. There's no mention of Israel or Gaza. It was a major issue, is a major issue that has divided the Democratic Party. And there's also been, as you mentioned, controversy over the release of the memo and how it was released, with some Democrats, like Congressman Seth Moulton, who have called for Ken Martin, the DNC chair, to step down. Others that I spoke to some, DNC members have defended him, but they all acknowledged that it was a pretty sort of sloppy unveil. And Democrats should be more focused, they say, on what matters most, and that's the upcoming midterms. Yeah, I think affordability was only mentioned once, and former President Biden also barely mentioned. So how can a party fix itself if it can't identify the issues? Let's talk about Republicans, though, Fin, because it's a big campaign weekend in Texas, leading to a runoff for the Senate seat there. President Trump has weighed in. He's endorsing Ken Paxton, but the incumbent is John Cornyn. Awkward. What are you expecting? Yeah, awkward, to say the least. But look, these are the last few days before this highly anticipated match-up in Texas between these two Republicans. Does President Trump's endorsement have significant sway and influence here? Yes, absolutely, especially with that Republican base. We saw that effect just earlier this week in Kentucky in that primary as well. This is already the most expensive Senate primary in history. Upwards of $130 million have been spent here. And so there's just a lot of attention. I did speak to some Republicans who are a little bit nervous about Paxton's political baggage. Remember, he was impeached by the Texas House. He was under federal investigation. But his supporters say, look, he's run statewide before. He's won statewide before. And remember, Errol, there hasn't been a Democrat-- no Democrat has won statewide in Texas since 1994. Wow. Interesting. All right, Fin, thanks. Thank you, Fin.
