'Shy Republicans' -- but the Other Way Around?

A Daily Mail piece about the Talarico-Paxton senatorial race in Texas speaks of "shy Republicans," a term I've heard more than once before, going way back to Dubya in 2004.The term has since been reapplied to Trump supporters, and is popping up in news media again.This time, however, with the unpopularity of the corrupt candidate Trump chose to replace the incumbent John Cornyn, the term is being used for Republican voters who plan to vote against their party's candidate. There is speculation about whether polls are underestimating the number of Republicans who plan to vote for Talarico, but are averse to admitting as much in public:Celebrated attorney Thomas J Henry, who [once] gave $600,000 to a pro-Paxton PAC, on Wednesday night published a video on social media endorsing Talarico. He said in the clip, which received 24,000 likes in under 24 hours, that he had met with Talarico and discussed issues at length, finding him to be 'balanced, straightforward and honest.''I think there…