Beto O'Rourke now not ruling out a 2020 presidential run
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/beto-orourke-2020-town-hall-race/2018/11/26/95dd3bc2-f199-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.14f08051f233
EL PASO — Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who built a national following and a deep fundraising base during his unsuccessful bid for the Senate, would not rule out a run for the presidency, telling
constituents at an El Paso town hall that he and his wife were considering next steps.
“Amy and I made a decision not to rule anything out,” he told reporters afterward, admitting that his position is different from the one he took on 2020 during his campaign. O’Rourke,
46, a three-term congressman from Texas, would enter the race with less elected experience than many of his rivals but a proven ability to excite Democratic voters in a political
era dominated by President Trump.
In a crowded field that could number more than 20 candidates, charisma is likely to be key to attracting attention of early voters and the small-dollar fundraising that most candidates
will need to survive the early stages of the primaries. With just weeks remaining in his congressional job, O’Rourke had already made clear that he intends to remain a part of the
national conversation, penning occasional online essays, including a piece Sunday critiquing President Trump’s treatment of asylum seekers on the southern border.
About a week after his defeat, he wrote a blog post that could be read as a coded tease of a coming presidential effort. With grammar and punctuation suited to a personal diary, he
recounted a morning jog on the Mall, describing how he overcame concern that he might slip, a chance meeting with a supporter and his affection for Abraham Lincoln’s prose. “I’m so
much more alive in the middle of a run,” O’Rourke wrote.
Lincoln, notably, won the presidency with a record of public service not dissimilar from O’Rourke. A former one-term member of Congress, Lincoln had lost two Senate campaigns in
Illinois when he won the White House.
“I have never seen a Senate candidate — including Obama in 2004 — inspire the sort of enthusiasm that Beto did in his race,” wrote Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to Barack
Obama, who now co-hosts the Pod Save America political podcast. “If Beto were to go to Iowa City next week, I am confident he would draw a crowd three times larger than any
candidate has since Obama first stumped there.”
Obama also weighed in last week, praising O’Rourke’s apparent authenticity. “It felt as if he based his statements and his positions on what he believed,” Obama said. “And that, you’d
like to think, is normally how things work. Sadly, it’s not.”
bernie / beto 2020 when
I think either POTUS or the VP needs to be black to try to get back the turnout Clinton lost. In 2016 black turnout was 16% lower then when Obama ran.
It still pisses me off that they ran for Clinton more than Bernie while Bernie participated far more heavily to fight for minority rights than Hilary ever did. They just saw some old white jewish guy and ran the other way.
The Dem primary is gonna be an all-out battle royale
Stephen Colbert's Hungry for Power Games season two will be great.
Young black voters leaned more Bernie than the older ones. The older black voters had no clue who Bernie was.
Beto and Bernie in the same primary? For the love of god, if the DNC tries to tank both of them in favor of another corrupt establishment asshat like fucking Corey Booker, they will officially have lost all credibility.
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where we droppin boys
Florida please. Preferably with spinhack and aimbot on, right in the reddest parts of the panhandle.
reverse it or take out bernie and I'm good
What's wrong with Bernie?
If Beto takes Bernies stance on gun control, he'd be well suited for that. You're not going to have a fun time flipping states when you're calling for an AWB 2.0.
Personally, I just think he's too old for the office.
Beto or Bernie are both amazing choices. Bernie/Beto running force would be fantastic.
I never understood this. If Bernie's of sound mind then what's the issue? If something happens, well, that's why we have a vice president, isn't it?
I hope that they both agree to VP the loser if the other gets it.
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