Beto Orourke might actually beat Ted Cruz and yes Obama also not endorsing him

[AaronY]

Don't step on Reck's dream man
we're turning texas blue!

[DMX7]

1053081312112861185

:lol

Beto got the Houston Chronicle's endorsement this week and now Vicente Fox! WOW!!! Congrats to him, he's on a roll.

[Winehole23]

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43559353_10100483967552190_539415426719809536_n.jp g?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=22bdd786a41b810317383502653ecd78&oe=5C540D66
(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100483967547200&set=a.537908340460&type=3&eid=ARCUyJaKSoOpxAyli9kmnXYj5Pgzb3sWfLqtsE6Cj3OIM_ lAsTDy-v86XhpCI108h_Pjtfwf1CLtHmCX)

[Winehole23]

conservative snowflakes freak out over a painted design on grass:

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article220267920.html

[hater]

Vicente is anfucking clown
He supported shitlery I believe. Hes full of shit

Now that he has spoken infavor of Beto, Cruz is a lock smh

[Winehole23]

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES ON NOV. HOUSE BALLOTS RAISING …



AT LEAST $500K BY 20 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION
AT LEAST $1M BY 20 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION
AT LEAST $2M BY 20 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION


YEAR
DEM.
GOP
DEM.
GOP
DEM.
GOP


1998
93
128
22
37
3
4


2000
123
153
48
61
4
9


2002
108
151
38
37
8
6


2004
134
178
48
66
8
10


2006
156
172
62
65
13
13


2008
190
168
84
60
18
10


2010
200
220
95
87
20
15


2012
170
227
80
105
18
2


2014
153
197
65
76
23
9


2016
212
249
142
171
80
64


2018*
232
179
144
84
73
17


*2018 totals are extrapolated based on fundraising through Sept. 30.
All figures are adjusted for inflation.
SOURCE: FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

[Winehole23]

DEMOCRATS’ SHARE OF TWO-PARTY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS



ALL HOUSE DISTRICTS
COMPETITIVE HOUSE DISTRICTS


YEAR
AVERAGE
MEDIAN
AVERAGE
MEDIAN


1998
47%
42%
51%
49%


2000
50
49
49
50


2002
49
41
46
44


2004
47
44
49
50


2006
54
54
51
50


2008
60
66
49
49


2010
47
49
54
53


2012
46
43
48
48


2014
48
46
56
55


2016
49
46
52
54


2018*
64
71
65
68


*Based on data available as of Oct. 18, 2018. For other years, totals are based on data available as of Election Day. The data covers individual campaign contributions only, and not candidate self-funding or donations from PACs or outside groups.
SOURCE: FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

[AaronY]

Vicente is anfucking clown
He supported shitlery I believe. Hes full of shit

Now that he has spoken infavor of Beto, Cruz is a lock smh
Lot of texas voters were waiting for the former Mexican president to chime in before deciding for sure

[LGBTQIAPK & G-D]

I dont think he'll win. I think it would be an improvement for the actual Texas residents. Really you should be thanking me I want you people to be represented well.


They're just not like us, unfortunately.

[DMC]

Is it true that less than 18% of registered hispanic voters actually voted in the last state election?

Why do people keep talking about the Hispanic vote? They almost exclusively prefer to be off of radar/grid. I cannot even believe they register.

[Nbadan]

Is it true that less than 18% of registered hispanic voters actually voted in the last state election?

This shit is true. But take the vote away from them and they might put down the remote long enough to care...

[Nbadan]

Anyone see this??

Ted Cruz’s wife complains about their $174,000 salary
“We’re not buying a second home anytime soon,” Heidi Cruz said


“Six to seven years in it, with me being the primary breadwinner — it’s like, ‘Uh, yeah, this is when people say thank you. I’ll now take that appreciation,'” she said. “Yeah, we’re seven years into this, and we’re not buying a second home anytime soon.

https://www.salon.com/2018/10/18/ted-cruzs-wife-complains-about-their-174-000-salary_partner/

[dabom]

Anyone see this??

Ted Cruz’s wife complains about their $174,000 salary
“We’re not buying a second home anytime soon,” Heidi Cruz said




https://www.salon.com/2018/10/18/ted-cruzs-wife-complains-about-their-174-000-salary_partner/


"Such a tragedy..." :lmao

[DarrinS]

Anyone see this??

Ted Cruz’s wife complains about their $174,000 salary
“We’re not buying a second home anytime soon,” Heidi Cruz said


https://www.salon.com/2018/10/18/ted-cruzs-wife-complains-about-their-174-000-salary_partner/

Do you consider that rich?

[Fabbs]

Do you consider that rich?
How many Americans are "buying a 2nd home" anytime soon?
Full medical dental etc, far better then the shit they tried calling good on taxpayers.
She needs to STFU.

All he has to do is show up and jerk off once a week and take bribes. Doesn't do any actual work.

[Chris]

Salon articles :lol

[Pavlov]

Do you consider that rich?If you add Heidi's Goldman-Sachs salary and net worth to his, of course they're rich.

If they aren't by now, they are doing everything wrong.

[Pavlov]

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[Chris]

^ Left doesn't understand the concept of forgive and forget. They hold grudges to their deathbed.

[Pavlov]

^ Left doesn't understand the concept of forgive and forget. They hold grudges to their deathbed.Did Trump ask forgiveness for all that Chris?

Yes or no.

[Nathan89]

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1054458731881095168?s=20:lmao

[koriwhat]

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1054458731881095168?s=20:lmao

lmao

[UnWantedTheory]

^ Left doesn't understand the concept of forgive and forget. They hold grudges to their deathbed.

Was forgiveness asked for? Ted is weak and needs the help so he is swallowing his pride to be endorsed by a man he really loathes. No other way to spin it bruh.

[UnWantedTheory]

Do you consider that rich?

The $174,000 salary doesn't make them rich but the millions they already have does.

[UnWantedTheory]

DMC this post was the real deal.

Beto gonna win now.

I'm voting Beto and hope he wins but I seriously doubt it. We have awful voter turn out in ol' Tejas.

[Reck]

Do you consider that rich?

You're such a tool. :lol

That's the official take home pay from the government. What they get from their donors and pharmaceutical type dwarf that amount by triple that amount. You're an idiot if you think it stops at that figure.

It's funny that you think they need a raise still though.

:cry mah second home tho

[gameFACE]

1054482046003920896

Looks like 45 is telling Rafael "you sure do have a purdy mouth". LOL "tough as Texas"

[DMX7]

Salon articles :lol

it's a direct quote. :lol

[Chris]

it's a direct quote. :lol

Salon articles :lol

[Reck]

Salon articles :lol

Still not addressing the quote. :lol

[koriwhat]

Salon articles :lol

SALON,"We give a voice to Pedophiles!"

[Chris]

SALON,"We give a voice to Pedophiles!"

:lol

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

I'm voting Beto and hope he wins but I seriously doubt it. We have awful voter turn out in ol' Tejas.
You need to be punched in the jaw by Mike Ditka.

[Reck]

SALON,"We give a voice to Pedophiles!"

I dont know about that, calf.

Breitbart gave Moore a huge megaphone. Funny you and Chris are glossing over that little nugget.

[koriwhat]

I dont know about that, calf.

Breitbart gave Moore a huge megaphone. Funny you and Chris are glossing over that little nugget.

well what's new? we already knew you were dense.

you can bring moore up all you want but SALON literally gives a voice to actual fucking PEDOPHILES!

btw, i've never even been on breitbart's website nor read articles from that site. you loons are always trying to project onto me what yall wish i was in order to have peace of mind. yall are some very deranged loons indeed.

[UnWantedTheory]

I need to be slapped in the face with a dick. Keep that shit to yourself bro.

[Chris]

HY_m8No4pzs


:lol

[Reck]

:lol Chris weird man crush obssesion with Shapiro continues.

[DMX7]

:lol Chris weird man crush obsession with Shapiro continues.

:rollin

[Spurminator]

Speaking of cringey.

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Love to wear suits to Buc-ees like a normal human Texan.

[KenMcCoy]

Since when is jeans and a sports coat a suit? Although I would agree that it is normal everyday human attire...

[Nbadan]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqQbeWiXQAAG2Um.jpg

[Chris]

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[CosmicCowboy]

Talked to a waiter tonight that said he stood in line for 2-1/2 hours today to vote at UTSA.

[spurraider21]

1055616047032815621
so many sheep blindly following Luciferian Ted

[Chris]

so many sheep blindly following Luciferian Ted

One of these days you will make a funny :tu

[Spurminator]

https://i.imgur.com/dTMVx4x.jpg

[BD24]

https://i.imgur.com/dTMVx4x.jpg
Look at all of those old white fucks, did he hold this rally at a nursing home :lol

[Trill Clinton]

Look at all of those old white fucks, did he hold this rally at a nursing home :lol

Lmao

[Chris]

Look at all of those old white fucks, did he hold this rally at a nursing home :lol


Lmao

^ racist shit

[BD24]

^ racist shit
It's a fact Chrissy poo.

They are old and they are white.
I only see one POC in this picture and he looks old and senile as well. Probably doesn't know where the fuck he is tbh.

[DarrinS]

Look at all of those old white fucks, did he hold this rally at a nursing home :lol

Old white devils, tbh.

[Reck]

https://i.imgur.com/dTMVx4x.jpg

Doesn't really matter whether this one is true or the one that Chris posted a little bit earlier. Ted is never going to out rally Beto. The guy's rallies are easily in the thousands.

Cruz can barely pull 100-200 people. But then again, most Cruz supporters dont need to go anywhere because they're set to vote for him anyhow.

[TSA]

https://i.imgur.com/dTMVx4x.jpg

Now do Houston

[Chris]

1055644144830476289

[Spurminator]

Now do Houston

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[Reck]

Now do Houston

Interesting caveat.

Also, doesn't Houston usually vote blue the majority of the time?

[Spurminator]

Interesting caveat.

Also, doesn't Houston usually vote blue the majority of the time?

Cruz rallies do pretty well when Trump shows up.

[Chris]

Interesting caveat.

Also, doesn't Houston usually vote blue the majority of the time?

Most large cities in Texas are blue including border cities. I think Fort Worth is a rare exception without looking at the numbers.

[Spurminator]

Post another picture from Longview!

[Chris]

https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia% 2Fcommons%2F3%2F3f%2FLongView.jpg&f=1

[Chris]

https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kltv.com%2Fresizer%2FUY6etU-BXcuMeh4d5RlZeETacz0%3D%2F1200x600%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-raycom.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FOWM73YJAVNECFH4 VZXACIWIU2E.jpg&f=1

[Reck]

https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia% 2Fcommons%2F3%2F3f%2FLongView.jpg&f=1

Texas is a beautiful place. Never been but from pictures and whatnot, seems like a place one can settle in. A shame an Easterner like me would be eaten alive. :lol

[Spurminator]

A shame an Easterner like me would be eaten alive. :lol

Not at all. Rural redneck Texas is a shrinking minority and very easy to avoid.

[Chris]

Texas is a beautiful place. Never been but from pictures and whatnot, seems like a place one can settle in. A shame an Easterner like me would be eaten alive. :lol

Nah, Texas is a melting pot tbh

There's some old racist Germans where I live, but they are few and far between now.

[Spurtacular]

Not at all. Rural redneck Texas is a shrinking minority and very easy to avoid.

They're turrible peepole, amirite?

[Spurminator]

They're turrible peepole, amirite?

People who show knee-jerk animosity to visitors from out of state?

Yeah, they suck.

[Th'Pusher]

Talked to a waiter tonight that said he stood in line for 2-1/2 hours today to vote at UTSA.

I waited 20 minutes to vote at the court house downtown this afternoon.

[Spurtacular]

People who show knee-jerk animosity to visitors from out of state?

Yeah, they suck.

:lmao Is "visitors" illegal immigrants?

[Spurminator]

:lmao Is "visitors" illegal immigrants?

No. Do you have trouble keeping up with readable forum conversations that are less than an hour old?

[Spurtacular]

No. Do you have trouble keeping up with readable forum conversations that are less than an hour old?

Ah, so you're just ignorant (and bitter). I've lived in TX. The people in the country are very accommodating people.

[BD24]

Ah, so you're just ignorant (and bitter). I've lived in TX. The people in the country are very accommodating people.
Yes very accomadating.....if your white.

My black and mexican friends that have gone to shit holes such as Three Rivers, Poth, and other bumpkin cities have not been treated very well tbh.

[Spurtacular]

Yes very accomadating.....if your white.

My black and mexican friends that have gone to shit holes such as Three Rivers, Poth, and other bumpkin cities have not been treated very well tbh.

Are your friends assholes? Cos that can have an effect.

[hitmanyr2k]

It seems there's some shenanigans going on with the voting machines in Tex-ass.

1055912575093792768

1055629877142044674

[Reck]

It seems there's some shenanigans going on with the voting machines in Tex-ass.

1055912575093792768

1055629877142044674

Hopefully it goes both ways..

[benefactor]

Post another picture from Longview!
Longview is a shithole tbh

[SnakeBoy]

Hopefully it goes both ways..

I'm sure there are idiots who can't follow simple instructions on both sides.

[Nathan89]

https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/1056310741920182272?s=20

LeBron supports the drunk driver.

[Kim Jong-il]

https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/1056310741920182272?s=20

LeBron supports the drunk driver.
So do you.
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/06/47/04/1732914/4/920x920.jpg

[Nathan89]

So do you.
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/06/47/04/1732914/4/920x920.jpg

Beto should apply to be the GM of the Spurs.

[Kim Jong-il]

Beto should apply to be the GM of the Spurs.
You’ve nary room to speak, BernieTrump, you also support drunk drivers.

[DMX7]

Look at all of those old white fucks, did he hold this rally at a nursing home :lol

It's like there are as many staff and photographers there as there are actual rally attendees. But it doesn't matter. Republicans in Texas don't vote for Ted because they like Ted. He's just an instrument of conservative politics -- nothing more. That's why he gets votes. Rick Perry's appeal was essentially the same back when he was winning Texas gov races.

[Nbadan]

Images of bloody fetus sent to Beto O'Rourke supporters in Garland neighborhood


Residents of a north Garland neighborhood say they received black envelopes in the mail last week with a postcard inside bearing the image of a bloody fetus.

The residents have at least one thing in common: They all had yard signs showing support for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke.

"We were horrified and just, like, gut-punched to see that image," said Angela Fuller Heyde, an O'Rourke supporter who has lived in the Spring Park neighborhood for five years.

She received the postcard on Wednesday. It came in a black envelope with a stamp on it, but it wasn't postmarked, she said.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/10/27/images-bloody-fetus-sent-beto-orourke-supporters-garland-neighborhood

[Winehole23]

Quinnipiac: 51 to 46, favoring Cruz

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/29/texas-senate-beto-orourke-ted-cruz-poll/

[spurraider21]

LeBron supports the drunk driver.
ah yes his defining characteristic

[Winehole23]

Quinnipiac: 51 to 46, favoring Cruz. Margin of error: 3.5%

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/29/texas-senate-beto-orourke-ted-cruz-poll/

[Spurs Homer]

No one is falling for the polls this time

everyone is voting - gotta win by 12 points or more just to beat the gerrymandering
it is a longshot for dems

[Reck]

No one is falling for the polls this time

everyone is voting - gotta win by 12 points or more just to beat the gerrymandering
it is a longshot for dems

I'm assuming these polls are being done with the likely voters. Old model that did not applied for 2016 and most definitely do not apply for this year's midterms.

Still, Texas is a pipe dream. though, that type of lead for Cruz seems more believable than the other ones that had him at 12 or 10 points. :lol

[LkrFan]

1056753254565064704
Texas' biggest newspapers support Beto. That's surprising :wow

[Chris]

Blue cities support Beto :wow

[Th'Pusher]

No one is falling for the polls this time

everyone is voting - gotta win by 12 points or more just to beat the gerrymandering
it is a longshot for dems

Does gerrymandering matter in a statewide election?

[Th'Pusher]

Blue cities support Beto :wow

Fort Worth isn’t blue.

[CosmicCowboy]

1056753254565064704
Texas' biggest newspapers support Beto. That's surprising :wow

Media favors Democrats. What a shock!!!!!

[Spurs Homer]

Does gerrymandering matter in a statewide election?

It could.
Generally no - but voter suppression would matter.

[Pavlov]

Media favors Democrats. What a shock!!!!!The DFW papers are surprising tbh.

[LkrFan]

The DFW papers are surprising tbh.

Houston Chronicle too tbh

[LkrFan]

:cry!!!!

:lol

[LkrFan]

Blue cities support Beto :wow

Texas is a Red State
WTF are you talking about?

[Pavlov]

Houston Chronicle too tbhYeah, won't make a difference unless the non-fossils vote.

[Spurminator]

Media favors Democrats. What a shock!!!!!

CC equates Chronicle and DMN as "liberal media" - What a shock!

[Chris]

Texas is a Red State
WTF are you talking about?

Just stick to your tweets and emojis. You don't want to supplant Reck for the forum dunce. Bro tip :tu

[Spurminator]

The Dallas Morning News endorsed Republicans for 76 years before Trump was the nominee.
The Houston Chronicle endorsed Obama in 2008 and LBJ in 1964. Every other endorsement between World War 2 and Trump has been Republican.

The editorial boards of those two papers have been historically conservative. CC should know this. We don't expect Chris to.

So either the entire editorial boards of the DMN and Chronicle have been overrun with liberals, or Ted Cruz is a terrible fucking candidate (like Trump.)

But go ahead and hold your breath and vote for the (R) like we know you will.

[Chris]

^ boiled down:

Trump not a Globalist :tu

[The Closer]

^ boiled down:

Trump not a Globalist :tu

You don't even know what globalist is. :lmao

[Chris]

You don't even know what globalist is. :lmao

I've been educating the forum on globalists for years. :tu

Only now that Trump has said it does it hold any weight for the Left. Before that it was a "conspiracy theory".

Why did you feel like you had to post this from a sock account?

[spurraider21]

Trump not a Globalist
:lmao

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5922f54834911b297f8b4c85-750-563.jpg

[pgardn]

I've been educating the forum on globalists for years. :tu

Only now that Trump has said it does it hold any weight for the Left. Before that it was a "conspiracy theory".

Why did you feel like you had to post this from a sock account?

What is a globalist?

Has the definition changed over the many years you have been educating the board?

[The Closer]

:lmao

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5922f54834911b297f8b4c85-750-563.jpg

:lol

[Reck]

Texas is a Red State
WTF are you talking about?

Give Chris a break. He’s still reeling from Obama getting a Netflix show.

[Nathan89]

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1057027158147772417?s=20

Still putting lives at risk on the road due to his poor decision making.

[spurraider21]

ah yes his defining characteristic

[Chris]

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1057027158147772417?s=20

Still putting lives at risk on the road due to his poor decision making.

Skateboarding around traffic in the Whataburger parking lot...Beto prefers the fast lane and is willing to take short cuts.

[Winehole23]

I've been educating the forum on globalists for years. :tu Great, perhaps you can refresh our memories.

What's globalism?

[ElNono]

Skateboarding around traffic in the Whataburger parking lot...Beto prefers the fast lane and is willing to take short cuts.

Sounds like Dennison

[hater]

Its looking bad at this point. Only a minor miracle could save Beto

[benefactor]

Sounds like Dennison
Yep...from his daddeh's money beginnings all the way up to the present

[Chris]

Sounds like Dennison

Nah, Trump is a winner.

[spurraider21]

Nah, Trump is a winner.
those aren't mutually exclusive

[DMX7]

:lmao

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5922f54834911b297f8b4c85-750-563.jpg

:lol

[DMX7]

Its looking bad at this point. Only a minor miracle could save Beto

It was always a serious uphill battle for him. Minorities and young people just don't vote in the numbers required. I still give him a 5%-10% chance of an upset though. I do think, however, that there may be a "Beto effect" on congressional house races in Texas in which Dems get a bump from Beto.

[Chris]

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[Chris]

1058374746125950982

[Reck]

1058374746125950982

Like what?

[koriwhat]

1058374746125950982

oh hell yes! lmao!

[Pavlov]

1058374746125950982:lol less than $300 and perfectly legal.

[Chris]

oh hell yes! lmao!

http://i66.tinypic.com/29s7r7.jpg

[Pavlov]

1058374746125950982


oh hell yes! lmao!


http://i66.tinypic.com/29s7r7.jpglol neither of you could explain what happened or why it's a nothingburger.

[Spurminator]

Man. Y'all so scared you've got Project Veritas on the case now.

All hands on deck!

[koriwhat]

lol neither of you could explain what happened or why it's a nothingburger.

no one gives a fuck about you nor what you have to say. go be "cool" somewhere else faggot.

[Reck]

no one gives a fuck about you nor what you have to say. go be "cool" somewhere else faggot.

Do you even know what you're laughing about?

You're the ultimate retard. Raging retard.

[Pavlov]

no one gives a fuck about you nor what you have to say. go be "cool" somewhere else faggot.OK, explain what happened.

Let's discuss this in detail.

[clambake]

OK, explain what happened.

Let's discuss this in detail.

grrrrrrrr fuck you phaggot grrrrrrrrrr

[hater]

Beto :tu

Pls make a small miracle happen

[Chris]

Beto :tu

Pls make a small miracle happen

Surefire lock for presidential run in 2020. Just look at the money Hollywood is dumping in to his campaign. He's their guy :tu

[koriwhat]

Do you even know what you're laughing about?

You're the ultimate retard. Raging retard.

the tweet or pavTheFag's post? i laugh at you all so what's new tranny?


OK, explain what happened.

Let's discuss this in detail.

don't care to and don't have to. you're the dipshit looking for justification, not i. there's nothing in this world i want to discuss with you. you're a fucking loser man. move along!

[koriwhat]

Surefire lock for presidential run in 2020. Just look at the money Hollywood is dumping in to his campaign. He's their guy :tu

right? follow the money but these losers are still propping up the fake mexican known as robert o'rourke. sad.

[Chris]

right? follow the money but these losers are still propping up the fake mexican known as robert o'rourke. sad.

They love to play identity politics and they love to play the victim. That's really sad.

[Pavlov]

don't care to and don't have to. you're the dipshit looking for justification, not i. there's nothing in this world i want to discuss with you. you're a fucking loser man. move along!:lol you have no idea what happened.

[hater]

Surefire lock for presidential run in 2020. Just look at the money Hollywood is dumping in to his campaign. He's their guy :tu

:tu

I would vote for Beto in less than 2 seconds

Make it hapoen :tu

[hater]

Beto >>>> Dump


Who are we kidding? DNC wall street neocons would never let him run. They would give him the Bernie treatment

Bernie and Beto should go 3rd party in 1 ticket :wow

[Reck]

So is this what Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656) was salivating about?

https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1058395263675629569

Oh no, kids need blankets and medicine. SHADY TACTICS!

[koriwhat]

Beto >>>> Dump


Who are we kidding? DNC wall street neocons would never let him run. They would give him the Bernie treatment

Bernie and Beto should go 3rd party in 1 ticket :wow

lmfao... just from the videos i've seen and the debates with cruz i can tell o'rourke is out of his league. he thinks by mimicking obama's mannerisms that that's the ticket. fake dude and yet you think we need more of those in office? lmao and smgdh.

as well, you want 2face bernie to run? a dude who went against his own word and endorsed satan herself because he's spineless and wanted to cash that DNC check... jesus!

[Reck]

lmfao... just from the videos i've seen and the debates with cruz i can tell o'rourke is out of his league. he thinks by mimicking obama's mannerisms that that's the ticket. fake dude and yet you think we need more of those in office? lmao and smgdh.

as well, you want 2face bernie to run? a dude who went against his own word and endorsed satan herself because he's spineless and wanted to cash that DNC check... jesus!

So much anger, so little clients to scar :lol

[Pavlov]

So is this what Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656) was salivating about?

https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1058395263675629569

Oh no, kids need blankets and medicine. SHADY TACTICS!Yeah, less than $300 and totally legal.

lol kori

[Spurtacular]

So is this what Chris (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1656) was salivating about?

https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/1058395263675629569

Oh no, kids need blankets and medicine. SHADY TACTICS!

It's considered buying votes, which is highly unethical, not to mention illegal.

:lmao Today's dipshit tranny

[Reck]

How can you buy votes from kids and women refugees? :lmao derp out

[koriwhat]

So much anger, so little clients to scar :lol

take all the jabs you want with those limp wrist clammy hands of yours but you'll do no damage to me at all. you're insignificant to me no matter how much you want to believe otherwise. i find you pathetic and not much of a man; i revel in the fact that i have no one like your weak ass in my life.

[spurraider21]

"buying votes" from people who can't even vote :lmao

[Chris]

1058511508890640385
1058513577865330688

[Reck]

"It's criminal but I'm not saying it's criminal." :lmao

[CosmicCowboy]

Surefire lock for presidential run in 2020. Just look at the money Hollywood is dumping in to his campaign. He's their guy :tu

Wendy Davis should run in 2020. They loved her too.

[Trill Clinton]

right? follow the money but these losers are still propping up the fake mexican known as robert o'rourke. sad.

Why is he a fake Mexican? His last name is O'Rourke. Serious question.

[Pavlov]

It's considered buying votes, which is highly unethical, not to mention illegal.

:lmao Today's dipshit tranny:lmao derp

[Chris]

Why is he a fake Mexican? His last name is O'Rourke. Serious question.

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is Irish not Mexican. ; )

[Millennial_Messiah]

Why is he a fake Mexican? His last name is O'Rourke. Serious question.

because he goes by "Beto"

[Millennial_Messiah]

Cruz still winning comfortably, fwiw.

[Chris]

1058526851121868801

[Chris]

Wendy Davis should run in 2020. They loved her too.

Did Wendy Davis get the same exposure as Beto on mainstream media and social media? The TV spots?

[Trill Clinton]

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is Irish not Mexican. ; )


because he goes by "Beto"

So people with with ethnic or non traditional American names who prefer to go by the American or European version like Miguel/Michael, Roberto/Robert, Juan/John are considered fake Americans too?

[CosmicCowboy]

Did Wendy Davis get the same exposure as Beto on mainstream media and social media? The TV spots?

Yep. She was the great blue hope. Hollywood loved her.

[Spurtacular]

:lmao derp

Calling people out on being unethical is apparently hilarious.

:lmao Today's sociopath.

[Pavlov]

Calling people out on being unethical is apparently hilarious.

:lmao Today's sociopath.How is it buying votes, derp?

Explain.

[Spurtacular]

How is it buying votes, derp?

Explain.

Material items for voting favors. The ethical line on this is quite thick.

[Millennial_Messiah]

So people with with ethnic or non traditional American names who prefer to go by the American or European version like Miguel/Michael, Roberto/Robert, Juan/John are considered fake Americans too?

a whitey who goes by a Hispanic or Black name like Beto, Pancho, Sancha, Tyreek, Shaqueela, etc.. is definitely a fake tbh


now a black guy like Julio Jones or all the black Ricardo's, that's okay, because black people are on the same general wavelength as hispanics in terms of oppressed minorities in the US.

[Pavlov]

Material items for voting favors. The ethical line on this is quite thick.And how will these asylum applicants go about voting, derp?

Explain.

[ducks]

for Dallas Morning News Editorial Dallas Morning News Editorial


https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/11/02/beto-orourke-needs-offer-specifics-migrant-caravan

[Spurtacular]

And how will these asylum applicants go about voting, derp?

Explain.

Third party voters, obviously. There's such a thing as proper channels. Campaigns are not charities.

[Chris]

So people with with ethnic or non traditional American names who prefer to go by the American or European version like Miguel/Michael, Roberto/Robert, Juan/John are considered fake Americans too?

No one is calling Beto a fake American? Your straw man leaves little to be desired, but I'm sure you're just trolling again.

[Pavlov]

Third party voters, obviouslyWhat third party?

What are you even talking about?

This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

[boutons_deux]

And how will these asylum applicants go about voting, derp?

Explain.

It's totally up to the states to decide who can vote, as we see in red/slave states deciding how to disqualify and/or block Americans.

You rightwingnutassholes are just fine with your team's blatant voter suppression.

[Spurtacular]

What third party?

What are you even talking about?

This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

Campaigns aren't charities. If you don't get fundamental concepts, you shouldn't be posting in politics.

[Pavlov]

Campaigns aren't charities. If you don't get fundamental concepts, you shouldn't be posting in politics.This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

[Spurtacular]

This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

Is it ethical for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.

Is it legal for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.

[Pavlov]

Is it ethical for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.

Is it legal for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.Yes and yes.

This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

[Trill Clinton]

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is Irish not Mexican. ; )


a whitey who goes by a Hispanic or Black name like Beto, Pancho, Sancha, Tyreek, Shaqueela, etc.. is definitely a fake tbh


now a black guy like Julio Jones or all the black Ricardo's, that's okay, because black people are on the same general wavelength as hispanics in terms of oppressed minorities in the US.

And the non whites who go by traditionally "white" American names are fake?

I could see the logic if he changed his last name to Gonzalez or Cruz. Speaking of, is Ted Cruz considered fake? His real name is Rafael and he goes by a traditionally white name.

[Trill Clinton]

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is Irish not Mexican. ; )


No one is calling Beto a fake American? Your straw man leaves little to be desired, but I'm sure you're just trolling again.

What?

[Spurtacular]

Yes and yes.



:lmao No
:lmao Blake-level answers

[Pavlov]

:lmao No
:lmao Blake-level answers
"Staff members took it upon themselves to use prepaid cards from one of our more than 700 field offices to buy baby wipes, diapers, water, fruit and granola bars, and donate them to a local humanitarian nonprofit (Annunciation House) that helps mothers and children in the community," O'Rourke spokesman Chris Evans said in a statement. "The value was under $300 and it will be appropriately reported to the FEC."

It is not unusual for campaigns to make donations to groups like Annunciation House. Campaigns are allowed to give to charity "as long as the candidate does not receive compensation from the charitable organization before it has expended the entire amount donated," according to the FEC website.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/02/beto-orourke-campaign-responds-project-veritas-video/

lol derp

[Chris]

What?

Dude...

[Spurs Homer]

Is it ethical for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.

Is it legal for a campaign to be a charity?

Yes or no.


Is it ethical (or even legal) to use campaign funds to pay off porn stars? skanks?

Unindicted (so far) co-conspirator Trump did. Is that ok with you?

[Spurtacular]

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/02/beto-orourke-campaign-responds-project-veritas-video/

lol derp

They can report it all they want. They broke the law.

lol pavlov

[Pavlov]

They can report it all they want. They broke the law.

lol pavlov
Which law?

Cite it.

This group of asylum seekers got dropped off in El Paso on October 27.

How are they supposed to be able to vote?

Explain.

[spurraider21]

:lol i usually get bored on the chump rodeo but watching derp flail about is particularly entertaining this time around

:lmao project veritas shitting the bed yet again

[boutons_deux]

Conservative smear artist’s new attack on Beto O’Rourke goes down in flames

On Friday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made a bizarre accusation (https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/ted-cruz-attacks-beto-orourke-echoing-conspiracy-theory-motivated-pittsburgh) against his opponent, El Paso Rep. Beto O’Rourke: that he might be illegally funneling money from his campaign to assist the Honduran migrant “caravan” that is currently traveling through southern Mexico

he was likely referring to a sting video (https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJCG_JckSF8) released on Thursday night by Project Veritas,

a far-right group that inserted spies into the O’Rourke campaign.

The heavily edited and spliced footage

purports to show staffers discussing how they used prepaid cards issued by the campaign to purchase supplies for members of the caravan.

The video actually shows field organizers discussing a group of migrants who were dropped off at a bus station in El Paso by the federal government, and according to O’Rourke’s campaign (https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/02/beto-orourke-campaign-responds-project-veritas-video/), a few of them donated $300 to a Catholic immigrant shelter that had taken them in, to buy blankets, water, and food for sick children in the group.

These asylum seekers have no relation whatsoever to the caravan currently trekking toward the U.S. border —

Project Veritas :lol simply cut the footage to conflate the two.

a small nonprofit donation of this kind is legal, as long as it is reported to the FEC and the campaign does not get paid by the organization before it has spent all of the donation

President Trash appears to be very fond of Project Veritas,

having cut them a $10,000 check from his charitable foundation (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-donated-project-veritas-organization-tried-trick-washington-post-723888) in 2015. :lol

Other donors to O’Keefe, however, have recently bailed on him (https://shareblue.com/donors-bail-on-scam-artist-james-okeefe-for-lying-about-his-criminal-record/) as

his group has faced investigations and lost nonprofit status in some states.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/conservative-smear-artists-new-attack-beto-orourke-goes-flames/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29

O'Keefe, current Repug rat fucker in the long line of Repug rat fuckers, like Ailes, Atwater, Stone, etc.

[Millennial_Messiah]

And the non whites who go by traditionally "white" American names are fake?

I could see the logic if he changed his last name to Gonzalez or Cruz. Speaking of, is Ted Cruz considered fake? His real name is Rafael and he goes by a traditionally white name.
First name is even worse because that is a given name... last name could be a 1/8 mexican guy (dad's dad's dad) who is otherwise white. First name is the name people go by informally, so it represents culture more than anything.

[Side note: This left-wing trend of all the liberal politicians running in elections almost exclusively by their first names is becoming fucking annoying.]


let's say if I married some traditional Indian chick that I met at work, and I named my kids with her... Andrew, Steven and Danielle... what would think of me/us/my life/what I want for my kids, versus if they were named Ashish, Senthil and Deepika... ? Hmmmmmmmmmmm......

[Will Hunting]

Can the people complaining about O’Rourke referring to himself as Beto let me know how Rafael Edward Cruz turned into Ted Cruz?

[Isitjustme?]

Can the people complaining about O’Rourke referring to himself as Beto let me know how Rafael Edward Cruz turned into Ted Cruz?

Lmao never even noticed that. Should have went all out and changed it to Ted Cruise lol

[Will Hunting]

Lmao never even noticed that. Should have went all out and changed it to Ted Cruise lol
:lol just imagine what Republicans would say about a Democrat named Rafael Cruz born in Canada

[boutons_deux]

Ted is a common nickname for Edward

[boutons_deux]

Ted Kennedy

[Will Hunting]

Ted is a common nickname for Edward
So why not go by Rafael?

[boutons_deux]

So why not go by Rafael?

too ethnic, too feminine

[SnakeBoy]

So why not go by Rafael?

https://www.statesman.com/news/20180817/politifact-why-rafael-cruz-goes-by-ted-and-robert-orourke-by-beto

Tldr Kids were making fun of Rafael so he started going by Ted. Beto's politician dad gave him the nickname because he figure it would be better to sound like a mexican if he ever went into politics.

[Reck]

https://www.statesman.com/news/20180817/politifact-why-rafael-cruz-goes-by-ted-and-robert-orourke-by-beto

Tldr Kids were making fun of Rafael so he started going by Ted. Beto's politician dad gave him the nickname because he figure it would be better to sound like a mexican if he ever went into politics.

The father was right then. It's paying off. :lol

[Chris]

Will Hunting getting pooped on :lol

[ElNono]

https://www.statesman.com/news/20180817/politifact-why-rafael-cruz-goes-by-ted-and-robert-orourke-by-beto

Tldr Kids were making fun of Rafael so he started going by Ted. Beto's politician dad gave him the nickname because he figure it would be better to sound like a mexican if he ever went into politics.

Cruz said in his 2015 autobiography, “A Time for Truth,” that midway through junior high school in Houston, he decided to stop going by Rafael in part because he already was often called Felito. “The problem with that name was that it seemed to rhyme with every major corn chip on the market. Fritos, Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos—a fact that other young children were quite happy to point out,” Cruz wrote. “I was tired of being teased. One day I had a conversation with my mother about it and she said, ‘You know, you could change your name. There are a number of other possibilities.’”

:lol wow, what a fucking beta pussy... thanks for the link

[Will Hunting]

https://www.statesman.com/news/20180817/politifact-why-rafael-cruz-goes-by-ted-and-robert-orourke-by-beto

Tldr Kids were making fun of Rafael so he started going by Ted. Beto's politician dad gave him the nickname because he figure it would be better to sound like a mexican if he ever went into politics.
:lmao so he succumbed to peer pressure and changed his name because he was getting bullied? What a fucking pussy.

Something tells me that the name change didn’t stop a face as punchable as his from continuing to get bullied either :lol

[ElNono]

:lol to be fair, we all knew this about Felito, tbh, after Dennison basically bullied him in the paint and then sent him to run the phones for him...

[Will Hunting]

:lol to be fair, we all knew this about Felito, tbh, after Dennison basically bullied him in the paint and then sent him to run the phones for him...
:lmao making fund raising cold calls for a guy who called you a liar and talked shit about your wife

Not even Jeb Bush would be that much of a beta.

[baseline bum]

:lmao so he succumbed to peer pressure and changed his name because he was getting bullied? What a fucking pussy.

Something tells me that the name change didn’t stop a face as punchable as his from continuing to get bullied either :lol

It's already well known he is a beta pussy.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png

[baseline bum]

:lmao making fund raising cold calls for a guy who called you a liar and talked shit about your wife

Not even Jeb Bush would be that much of a beta.

And said your dad murdered the president :lol

[Will Hunting]

It's already well known he is a beta pussy.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png
:lol Beto vs. Beta

[Mugen]

:rollin

[Spurs Homer]

:lol Beto vs. Beta


:lol:lol

"but-but - tough as Texas!" :cry:cry

[benefactor]

It's already well known he is a beta pussy.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png
784096071999946752

[Spurminator]

:cry nicknames

[Trainwreck2100]

:cry nicknames

yeah but Ted's reason for doing it is some real pussy shit. Shoulda just told the truth, that he did it for white people

[Will Hunting]

784096071999946752
:lmao:lmao he’s got the demeanor of a defeated man during that whole clip.

[Chris]

A vote for Cruz is a vote against Socialism and open borders.

[Will Hunting]

yeah but Ted's reason for doing it is some real pussy shit. Shoulda just told the truth, that he did it for white people
I don’t fault either guy for doing it, it’s just hypocritical to criticize one and not the other. If people are stupid enough to vote based off what a guy’s name is then that says more about the voter than it does the candidate.

[Pavlov]

A vote for Cruz is a vote against Socialism and open borders.If you want to vote for a beta cuck, you're free to do so.

[boutons_deux]

Voter turnout in Texas is dead last in America

only about one in three Texans line up at the polls during midterm elections, a new study on voter turnout in America finds.

In a Washington Post story (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/voter-access/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.50f990a27994) examining how easy it is to vote in America,

Texas came in dead last for voting in midterms.

The Lone Star State tied only with Washington D.C., a non-state where residents have no representation in the U.S Senate and House.

It's worth repeating: During election cycles where Congressional seats are up for grabs,

Texans tied in voter turnout with a federal district that has no members of Congress.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Voter-turnout-in-Texas-is-dead-last-in-America-13241845.php

[Spurminator]

A vote for Cruz is a vote against Socialism and open borders.

So it's the same thing as a vote for Beto.

[Spurminator]

yeah but Ted's reason for doing it is some real pussy shit. Shoulda just told the truth, that he did it for white people

Only conservatives seem to think their opponent's use of a nickname disqualifies them from the job. Cruz gets called Rafael as a taunt but I haven't seen anyone seriously accuse him of trying to manipulate voters with it.

There is a large contingent of conservatives who seriously think Latino voters are dumb enough to vote for Beto O'Rourke because they think he's Hispanic.

[vy65]

784096071999946752

That tears for fears cover is perfect

[vy65]

https://media-ksat-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.ksat.com/photo/2018/11/02/Popovich%20Beto%20cap%20pic_1541192380884.png_1341 9835_ver1.0_1280_720.jpg

[Reck]

It's already well known he is a beta pussy.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/10/CruzSad1.png

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180911150541-trump-and-cruz-super-tease.jpg

Ted actually giving all beta males a really bad name out there. :lol

[Chris]

:lol Poop

[Spurtacular]

https://media-ksat-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.ksat.com/photo/2018/11/02/Popovich%20Beto%20cap%20pic_1541192380884.png_1341 9835_ver1.0_1280_720.jpg

:lol Virtue signaling.

[spurraider21]

:lmao so he succumbed to peer pressure and changed his name because he was getting bullied? What a fucking pussy.

Something tells me that the name change didn’t stop a face as punchable as his from continuing to get bullied either :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTcHpPDCu8

[hater]

:cry Beutiful

Go Beto :cry

https://twitter.com/complexsports/status/1059207490905260032?s=21

[boutons_deux]

https://mobile.twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1058915208062734336

[Reck]

https://mobile.twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1058915208062734336

So what?

Republicans admit hey hate him but still will or already have voted for him.

[vy65]

Maybe 45 percent is simply the ceiling for a Democrat in Texas. But this is overly simplistic. Trump won Tennessee by 26 points—nearly three times the margin of his Texas victory—and that state’s U.S. Senate race has been a dead heat, in large part because the Democrat, former governor Phil Bredesen, is selling a smartly packaged centrism. If O’Rourke loses, Texas might remember him for being singularly positioned to break that ceiling—running in an advantageous environment, against a damaged incumbent, bringing historic resources to bear, at a moment of cultural and demographic transition in the state—and failing to capitalize

“It’s the worst campaign I’ve ever run against—or it’s the most brilliant," Jeff Roe, Cruz’s campaign manager, told me. “He’s the best and worst opponent we could have faced. He energized the left and raised tons of money, but had no plan for how to spend it and no plan for building the sort of coalition needed for a Democrat to win in Texas. He ran an entire campaign without pursuing a single Republican vote.” (I reached out numerous times this fall to the O’Rourke campaign seeking an interview about their strategy; his spokesman, Chris Evans, told me after a recent debate in San Antonio that they were no longer talking to national media outlets.)

Given his sudden star power and prodigious fundraising abilities, there is already considerable momentum behind the theory that O’Rourke could segue from a losing Senate candidate to a top-tier presidential contender. But with a debate beginning to rage inside the Democratic Party over how best to defeat Trump—galvanizing the left or recapturing the center—a lopsided loss in Texas could force O’Rourke to answer tough questions relating to ideology and strategy. What exactly, inquiring and envious Democratic minds will want to know, did he do with that $70 million? Why wasn’t he barraging persuadable Republicans with mail and phone calls and door knocks? Could he not identify them because of his campaign’s refusal to invest in polling and data analytics? Did he consciously avoid playing on their issues, determining it was more profitable for his political future to lose as a liberal than compete as a moderate? What was to be gained by calling for Trump’s impeachment? And what evidence exists of his appeal to the middle of the electorate?

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/04/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-senate-2018-election-222188

Ouch

[Trill Clinton]

https://www.statesman.com/news/20180817/politifact-why-rafael-cruz-goes-by-ted-and-robert-orourke-by-beto

Tldr Kids were making fun of Rafael so he started going by Ted. Beto's politician dad gave him the nickname because he figure it would be better to sound like a mexican if he ever went into politics.

So he couldn't take his white classmates teasing him so he chose to turn his back on his hispanic heritage and change his name...to Ted. Disgusting.

[Spurminator]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/04/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-senate-2018-election-222188

Ouch

This is a good article but leans a bit heavy on the "failure" angle in a race that is far closer than anyone expected it to be, regardless of the candidates. The strategy from the get-go was to mobilize voters. That part has certainly succeeded, but it remains to be seen if it mobilized Republican voters just as much.

[Chris]

Ted Cruz is a real one

[Pavlov]

Ted Cruz is a real oneA real what?

[The Closer]

A real what?

:lol

[Reck]

Like any Beto campaign staff is going to tell the opposite side what they will or will not do. :lol

As I recall, Beto has done 2 separate town halls ever since Cruz got too scare to debate him. Both at a national level.

[benefactor]

Good watch tbh.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-senate-race-how-the-race-between-ted-cruz-and-beto-orourke-could-predict-americas-political-future-60-minutes/

[ElNono]

Felito got this easily...

[Will Hunting]

Felito got this easily...
I think it’ll be within 1-2 percentage points, imo the pollsters don’t know how to factor in young voters who had never voted in midterms prior to this year.

[Will Hunting]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/04/ted-cruz-beto-orourke-texas-senate-2018-election-222188

Ouch
I disagree with this article simply because trying to run as a lukewarm moderate Democrat in order to capture the middle is a tried and failed strategy, Hillary Clinton being the best example. Beto running as a progressive is what mobilizes the young, Latino and black vote. If he were to run as another center right moderate with a D next to his name no one would give a shit.

[boutons_deux]

I disagree with this article simply because trying to run as a lukewarm moderate Democrat in order to capture the middle is a tried and failed strategy, Hillary Clinton being the best example. Beto running as a progressive is what mobilizes the young, Latino and black vote. If he were to run as another center right moderate with a D next to his name no one would give a shit.

Dem establishment, just as corrupt as the Repugs, has been pro-business, pro-Capital/anti-Labor center right Repug, esp on the economy, since Slick Willie, and swats down, doesn't support truly progressive candidates.

[Will Hunting]

Dem establishment, just as corrupt as the Repugs, has been pro-business, pro-Capital/anti-Labor center right Repug, esp on the economy, since Slick Willie, and swats down, doesn't support truly progressive candidates.
Right, and it hasn’t worked. In spite of having an agenda that’s much better for most Americans than a right wing agenda and in spite of having the majority of registered voters, the Democrats don’t control the White House, Congress or SCOTUS. The slick willy strategy of running barely to the left of the GOP is a strategy that’s been failing for decades now.

[CosmicCowboy]

I disagree with this article simply because trying to run as a lukewarm moderate Democrat in order to capture the middle is a tried and failed strategy, Hillary Clinton being the best example. Beto running as a progressive is what mobilizes the young, Latino and black vote. If he were to run as another center right moderate with a D next to his name no one would give a shit.

Beto would have done great in California. Not so much, Texas.

[Reck]

Beto would have done great in California. Not so much, Texas.

:lol He's already doing great in Texas. Win or lose he has managed to turn out the young voters out for him. Early voting in Texas is the largest in years. 4 odd millions votes cast.

Or do you think that's happening because of Rafael's charms?

[Will Hunting]

Beto would have done great in California. Not so much, Texas.
He’s done better in Texas than any of the other Dems who ran in statewide races have in recent memory. Even though he probably loses, there are districts like the 32nd that have a good chance at flipping blue because of how many down the ballot votes other candidates are getting because of him. He clearly hasn’t run a bad campaign.

Wendy Abortion Barbie Davis is a great example of a “pro-business Democrat” who tried winning by focusing on wedge issues that do nothing to turn the young vote out while having center right views on stuff like healthcare and regulation.

[vy65]

I disagree with this article simply because trying to run as a lukewarm moderate Democrat in order to capture the middle is a tried and failed strategy, Hillary Clinton being the best example. Beto running as a progressive is what mobilizes the young, Latino and black vote. If he were to run as another center right moderate with a D next to his name no one would give a shit.

Fair point. I do think there is some (conceptual) middle ground though. Run as a progressive, run as a centrist, or run as a progressive with certain nods to the middle. I think that's the point of the article. Now whether that's attainable in practice is another story altogether.

[vy65]

Texas voter turnout in 2018 races toward presidential election year levels

At the end of early voting on Friday, turnout in the state's largest counties already surpassed the entire turnout of the 2014 midterm election.

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/02/early-voting-turnout/

[vy65]

That’s because her county, the fourth largest in Texas, saw what she said was record-breaking turnout during early voting this year. By the time the polls closed Friday, 37.7 percent of registered voters in Bexar County had voted, well past the 19.8 percent turnout at the same point in 2014, the last midterm, and close to the presidential-year turnout recorded at the same point in 2012 and 2016.

And Bexar County’s election officials are not alone in having a lot to high-five each other about. Turnout during early voting in the state’s 30 largest counties easily surpassed the entire turnout – during the early voting period and on Election Day – of the 2014 midterm and total turnout during early voting in 2012.

In Harris County, the state’s largest county, 36.6 percent of registered voters had voted by the end of Friday, compared to 17.5 percent at the same point in 2014. In Dallas County, the number was 39.7 percent, compared to 17.8 percent at the same point in 2014. Early voting turnout in Dallas County and Travis County surpassed total early voter turnout in both the 2014 midterm and the 2012 presidential election, and just fell short of the total early voting turnout in 2016, by the end of Friday.

[hater]

Beto! Beto! Beto!

[CosmicCowboy]

Both sides are definitely motivated.

[vy65]

Both sides are definitely motivated.

Maybe. Will depend on whether there's similar %s of turnout in suburban and exurban counties (Montgomery, Collin, etc...)

[Will Hunting]

Fair point. I do think there is some (conceptual) middle ground though. Run as a progressive, run as a centrist, or run as a progressive with certain nods to the middle. I think that's the point of the article. Now whether that's attainable in practice is another story altogether.
I think the article went overboard in calling his campaign a failure is my main complaint. He’s obviously run a good campaign, whether or not it could have been better if he was closer to the middle on certain issues is a fair question.

[boutons_deux]

what policies define the so-called Texas middle?

[spurraider21]

A real what?
Luciferian

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

lots of detailed info on Derek Ryan's twitter page:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrCAVX2UwAEff6S.jpg