Beto O’Rourke 2020 campaign megathread

[Brittain33]

Seems like the strongest alternative to Sanders right now and that’s my #1 criterion.

[Brittain33]

Beto got his 2nd endorsement from NY:
https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1106273782237458434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%...

Lol, Gillibrand

At least it's not literally her old House district (even if it's close)

[Brittain33]

Beto reeks of an empty suit who will try to use his good looks and charisma to propel himself to a position he has not earned yet, and who the people would put their whole faith on, only to be sorely disappointed in the vein of Trudeau or Macron.

True, he's like an upgraded version of Jon Ossoff.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who was thinking this.

I understand the created-in-a-laboratory angle, but Ossoff avoided partisan or liberal comments, and Beto has staked his flag on the Democratic side on many points. Did Ossoff say anything like what Beto said about NFL protests?

[Brittain33]

I wonder how different his fortunes would've been had he just announced in January when he had the attention of everyone including Oprah. That whole indecision period along with the media blackout has to be one of the worst campaign decisions of the decade.

That may prove to be true, but I don't think we can say Beto truly messed up until we get through the debates and he fails to have a breakout moment that resurrects his candidacy. That's still a possibility.