He brags about his track record, but in a system where (in recent years) well more than 90% of incumbents running for re-election do get re-elected, a "success rate" in the 90% range is hardly impressive. Facheaux is a wishful-thinking liberal, but he's not as bad as some of the others out there.
None of this is to say that Cornyn is a shoo-in in the Lone Statr State. While it is hard to picture Texas voting for an ultra-liberal race-baiting demagogue like Ron Kirk, Cornyn had better get off his ass soon and start campaigning like he means to win. I'd look for something on the order of a 55%-45% win for Cornyn, but the longer he goes with this uninspiring, milquetoast campaign, the closer it's going to be in the end.
DWG