Rick Perry ‘proudly’ refuses health care to 1.2 million low-income Texans

[King]

Inb4 republicans then turn around and use the data from these states to prove Obamacare isn't working.

[King]

Rick Perry isn't going to win re-election and while the next Governor will be Republican, too, by Inauguration Day 2015 the advantages economically the ACA states (especially California, who Texas likes to compete with) are getting by the boom in the healthcare industry from more consumption and increase in disposable income from those who already have care, will be so apparent that Texas will probably expand in 2016.

[King]

What about Castro?

Depends.  If Obama and his campaign side take their voter roll database and do an early voting campaign similar to 2008 and 2012 to get minorities and youth to vote in the midterms, Castro could win.  Given normal midterm turnout, he'd lose by the standard 55-45 Texas election result.