Yes, even though new members of Congress haven't been sworn in, it's already time to look ahead to the next election cycle — and according to Nostradamus-on-the-Potomac Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report, Democrats in Texas will have an uphill battle just get back to where they were before Nov. 2.

In his first competitive House race analysis for 2012, Cook only lists two Texas seats as potentially in play. CD-27, where Republican Blake Farenthold beat incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz Sr. by a narrow margin, is what Cook terms a "Republican toss-up," while CD-23, where Francisco Canseco ousted ...

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