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In reply to the discussion: It would be nice if the centrists in this party did some introspection, too. [View all]Gothmog
(145,291 posts)I live in the real world which means that I go out into the real world to meet candidates and hear their positions. I went to a Beto O'Rourke meet and greet. Beto is a 44 year old young three term congressman from a very safe district in El Paso. Beto has announced that he is running against Carnival Cruz for Senate. Beto is a nice person but I will probably support Congressman Castro if he runs over Beto for a host of reasons including living in the real world.
Beto may be great for you in that Beto (i) knows that single payer is not possible politically but is supporting single payer anyway, (ii) is not accepting any PAC contributions even though Carnival Cruz is sitting on $5.6 million and is busy raising more money, (iii) does not believe in polling or pollsters, (iv) does not have a stump speech and promises not to pay speechwriters for a stump speech, and (v) is proud of not being in the real world and wants to run a campaign not based on polls or advise from experts. Beto knows that he will be outspent and does not care.
Send your platform to Beto. You may have some unrealistic ideas that Beto missed and would be happy to adopt. You may be disappointed that Beto said that Carnival Cruz was a nasty person and Beto attacked AG Sessions for saying bad things about El Paso. Any race against Carnival Cruz is destined to be somewhat nasty.
Carnival Cruz appears to be beatable. According to a recent Texas poll Beto and Carnival Cruz are tied but Congressman Castro is leading both by 6%. Congressman Castro will announce if he is running some time in May. I have been to fundraisers with Congressman Castro and talked to both Congressman Castro at the national convention. Beto was at the national convention but I only saw him in passing and did not get a chance to talk to him until the meet and greet.
It is nice to see this much interest in the 2018 races so early in 2017. We have somewhere between four and seven candidates running for CD 7 and three to five running for CD 22.