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Karl Rove just flagged a massive warning for Republicans

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Top George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove flagged a big warning for Republicans as the election draws closer. Rove, who worked to help Bush get elected in Texas in 1994 and 1998, told Fox host Dana Perino that Democrats Texas is a much bigger election than Michigan, where Republicans could score a pick-up. "James Talarico making this concentrated effort against Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton not, as I understand it, raising as much money as he should. Maybe not on the campaign trail as much as he could be and pummeled by negative ads. So is that a true toss-up?" she asked Rove. "I think it is. The state is Republican in nature, but this is an unusual race," Rove explained. "You are right. Talarico, I think, had over $70 million raised, and Paxton had $9 million plus. And you are right. The week before the Fourth of July, he was in Iceland with his new girlfriend. On July 4th, a day where he could be campaigning at Fourth of July celebrations all across Texas, he was in London." Rove said that Pa