There Will Be News Today UPDATED
He’s running.
I have not made my pick yet and likely won’t for at least through the summer. However, those who want to get into the Beto mystique, why he lost to Cruz, what he has to offer a national ticket, and why Texas is so important, there’s an excellent spot-on analysis this morning by Nate Cohn in the New York Times.
One more thing: Trump mocked Beto’s hands today, saying that his hand movements made him seem crazy. I am pretty damn certain that Trump was a bit frightened by Beto’s hands. They are enormous.
The first time I met Beto, I was truly afraid that my hand would get lost in his. He literally made a fist around my hand and I don’t have delicate hands or anything. Honey, his hands are as big as his head.
I’m not saying I know this for a fact, but I’m pretty sure he waves them around to be sure Trump sees them. That’s gotta just eat at Trump and I’m sure he wants Beto to put them away.
I wish he had run against Cornyn
1He looks like such a kid, but he’s three years older than John Kennedy was when he became president.
2I wish he had bloodied Raphael Cruz, became a US Senator from Texas, AND announced his run for PotUS today from EP.
3No way. He has to use his energy in Congress!!
4Couldn’t beat Cuban-Canadian-pretend Texan Raphael Cruz, is as Centrist as the Clintons. What’s not to love?
5If the Dotard hasn’t set the US up to finally elect a Progressive, we’re doomed.
Beto is a nice guy. But, he’s not the nice guy we need. 45 and his Goons will leave him smashed like roadkill armadillo.
Like him, support him, but not this office, this time. Do something profound with your life, Beto, and try again in 4-8 years.
6Am I the only one who thinks there are already too damn many Dems running? 4-5 would be easier and safer. The way it looks now, with every dem running, we’re desperate. Same with impeachment; too many calls for impeachment and not enough calls for waiting.
7I recall thinking when there were 19 R’s on stage that this looked like a challenge to the D’s as to how many they could gin up to run. I reckon I was right!
Beto has a public service background behind him: city council, Congressman. its not like he doesn’t know the words to the song like the Golden Gibbon.
8Amen…ditto to everything said above!
9Ted in Austin@5,
What we need are some nasty pit bull Democrats that will rip apart Trump and his goons. I like Beto very much. But now is not time to speak of Camelot and try to bring it back.
10I’d much rather see Julian Castro.
11Come to think of it, Beto reminds me in certain ways of our Obama. Let’s see – – charisma ? Check. Oratory talent? Check.
12Bounce back ability without rancor? Check. I’m going to continuing watching him. I’ll probably come up with more Checks.
We’ll support the Democratic candidate. However, at this juncture we think Senator Kamala Harris is the best candidate. Maybe Beto as her VP, or not. A Harris/Abrams ticket is another possibility.
13I’m not a Texan, but I think Beto would be a great candidate. I tend to agree with Maggie – he has the same general vibe as Obama.
As for a “true progressive”, all you’re going to do is polarize the country further if the Dems run someone with extreme positions across the board. Beto’s unwavering (so far) positive approach is what we need. I’m thrilled that he’s decided to run.
14Points for Senator Warren! Her emphatic NO to Mikey Dense: “MSNBC: Is Mike Pence an honorable man?@SenWarren: No.”
WARREN: “Anyone who engages in the kind of homophobia and attacks on people who are different from himself is not an honorable person. That’s not what honorable people do.”
Landing solid punches to the tiny Republicon sputniks is demonstrably the best way to defeat IQ45 or whatever wingnut scraped up by the Cons in 2020.
15Kamala Harris for prez, Beto for vice-prez. Absolute dream ticket, as far as I’m concerned.
And spare me any whining about a lack of experience, OK? Beto has more knowledge of statesmanship in his little finger than our current White House occupant has, or ever will have.
16He could have beaten Cornyn.
I say that as a Beto volunteer whose house was a Beto popup office for a month. There were people here being trained to block walk and phone every day. As well as some people who were houseguest who came from California to block walk on weekends. The area coordinator for several pop up offices stayed here also. They were truly committed to Beto’s race. IDK who they will all support for the Democratic nominee.
Wendy Davis does not stand a chance.
17I supported Beto and worked hard for him against Cruz but he will not be my pick for President this go round. Only white males like Beto, the mayor of South Bend and Donald Trump think they are entitled enough to skip years in Congress or state government or other service and jump to the Presidency. People like Hillary, Kamala, Pam, etc. have been doing the hard work for years and we ought to get behind one of them — Kamala is my pick for now — and get one of them elected.
18Born to be in it? Really? I’ve got my favorites thus far but will wait to hear more from everyone before giving my final answer to the million dollar question. We have some excellent choices. I do strongly feel that a white male ticket is NOT the answer, nor is the senior citizen ticket. And I won’t let the fact that someone has more experience than Trump be my low bar. Call me a grumpy senior woman citizen. Maybe I just need some vitamin D. Too little sun the last month, but it’s out now!
19Yeah, Fran. I wondered about that, too. ;-}
20Perhaps I am too dense to grasp that this race is his destiny. Why should we vote? sounds like my neighbor who believes everything that happens on this earth is G-d’s will.
Well, the United States isn’t Texas. They are totally lost politically…at least until Juanita and Glen get that straightened out. Also, Obama lost when he ran for office in 2000, and that was not in a deep red state. I figure most of these candidates will fall by the wayside when they don’t get donations or enthusiasm. Like all of you, I will vote for whomever becomes our candidate…a dizzying array of great candidates to watch right now.
21Nancy @18, ruled out the cooking spray, Geller and Bondi without figuring out who this potential candidate, Pam, might be. So, please who is the “Pam” to whom you allude? TIA for helping non-Texans. Will probably feel stupid for not knowing the obvious; but that’s OK if it helps elect a good candidate.
22The Club For Growth lying machine is going crazy over Beto’s announcement.
https://www.politifact.com/personalities/club-growth/
23Nancy @18, You said: “Only white males like Beto, the mayor of South Bend and Donald Trump think they are entitled enough to skip years in Congress or state government or other service and jump to the Presidency.”
Don’t know where you pulled that comment from (butt I could guess…), conflating Beto with someone like Trump.
Beto had years of local El Paso office experience, and then 6 years in the US House (and could have had another in 2018). That’s a lot more experience than many others have had.
PS- I contributed to his fight against DetesTed too, and voted for him (a largely futile gesture in my 75%+ Rethug county).
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He’s still not my choice, yet, none of them are so far. But if the rest of his fans here keep talking, I could be persuaded.
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From Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke
“who represented Texas’s 16th congressional district for three terms in the United States House of Representatives.”
24Until a candidate proposes taking the name of all those traitors off of government facilities and infrastructure ( I.e. Fort hood renamed Fort Sheridan) and removing remains of traitors from any government cementery and dumped into one of those toxic radioactive tanks at Hanford ( including trash such as Goldwater, tricky dick and addled Ronnie) I would find difficulty in voting for anyone from one of the traitor states.
25I of course will hold my nose and vote for them if they get to the general, just as I did for Hillary.
But we should have a better choice then between the present criminal or an apologist for traitors.
I will vote for the Democratic candidate. I will hold my nose and cry if it someone I do not like. Not one of them is perfect but damn all are so much better than Trump.
I do want to thank JuanitaJean for the hands info, that will be fun to watch.
26Like a number of patrons above, I worry that the sheer number of Dem candidates will overload Dem voters and turn into the clown car the snacilbupeR paraded about in 2016. Some of these wannabes should receive encouragement to take a deep breath and run instead for Senate or Governor of their home states. Although I support Beto, I’d much prefer him as Senator eliminating Cornyn or Raphael over a shot in the dark run for Potus. Or Texas governor.
27Sandridge: That is my statement. 6 years in the house when he spent most of the last time campaigning without a committee chair; major legislative victory, etc. does not qualify him for President. I busted it for him against Cruz, as I said, but I really wish he would sit this one out. To think that as a white male he is destined for this job (as said in VF), is to assert his own belief that experience doesn’t matter — it is simply what he was born to do. That isn’t the way it is suppose to work.
28@Nancy A Yates
29Anyone who has served the US in any way puts them head and shoulders above demented donnie period.
Failure to recognize that is a complete failure of reason.
Comparison of someone who claims not paying any taxes on a billion $ company/worth is “smart” instead of fraud, someone who has publicly lusted after their own daughter, someone who welcomes any foriegn interference to our elections of it helps them, somene who is totally ignorant of economics and the list goes on, is insulting, baseless and completely bogus.
Inability to see the difference comes close to joining the deplorables who support demented donnie.
Is that the company one cares to associate with?
I know I do NOT.