Battleground Texas, the effort by Obama vets to turn the nation's biggest red state blue, got off to a rough start last fall when Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis lost by 21 points. But now, as the organization looks to rebuild toward its long-term goal of mobilizing the state's long-dormant Democratic base, its leaders are doing a public dissection of what went wrong—and what to do differently next time. In a feature published by Texas Monthly in late February, Robert Draper broke down the organization's financial struggles and turf wars, but also the difficulties Battleground faced with the field of battle of itself.