Texas lawmakers are floating a wild idea for 2027: what if a few eastern New Mexico counties just joined Texas. That headline is designed to hit a nerve, so we slow it down and walk through the legal barriers, the voting reality, and the oil-and-gas economics that make a “county takeover” far more clickbait than credible policy. From there, we turn to the New Mexico governor race and a Republican debate moment that says a lot about discipline and temperament. A straightforward residency ques...