texas is full of *******s who love anybody with an R next to their name

gl finding anybody who could have made it any closer

BRC is more or less parroting the premise of this Politico article.


https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...lection-222188

Are Democrats going to have to run a WASP straight male so that they can siphon off a few moderate Trump voters? Biden maybe? He can relate to the deplorables.

Losing a Senate race by 3 points in Texas is extremely good for a D. I'm not sure Beto could do better. It definitely helped down ballot.

Forget Biden, mark my words, we will see nyt or wapo articles about how Manchin is the perfect candidate.

Watched Beto last night, reminded me of a broke Obama. Definitely an upgrade over anyone not Bernie who ran last time, but we can do better.

Broke?

its gotta be Beto. i may be in an echo chamber, but my twitter feed is FULL of people that voted because of beto. not just in texas, but him going viral brought out voters EVERYWHERE.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/6/180708...llot-democrats

dems flipped house district 7 also, as well as 2 state senate seats. butterfly effect itt

Beto is basically all you want from a candidate. Make him president imo.

yeah gotta run the guy who lost a popularity contest to ted cruz

lol well, the deck was stacked pretty heavily against him there.

Is Hakeem Jeffries too obscure?

Yea, because Trump voters are certainly going to rush out and vote for the guy who was Obama's vice president for eight years.

the dem establishment's main goal in 2020 is defeating the left, not trump.

beto's concession speech the other night on a dark and dimly lit stage signifies they don't want him as the nominee, although if he gets his mind right and starts accepting big donor pac money they might reconsider. warren will for sure be out because she is too tough on corruption and wall street, and bernie is the ultimate villain because he wants medicare for all.

the superdelegates will ensure their nominee is a hillary replicant with refined algorithms designed to maintain the status quo (which will ironically be trump's america) in a grotesque nod to corporate bothsides centrism. it won't matter to them if this approach guarantees four more years of trump as long as the system that enriches them is preserved and the left is defeated.

the only candidate that can create a coalition of the left and right working-class along with independents, progressives, and some trump supporters is bernie (beto vp?). he is the only person who can beat trump in the rust belt (see 2016 primary) and would actually fight for the people since all his money comes solely from the grassroots.

the democrat's belief in center-right centrism combined with decades of neoliberal anti-working-class policies and trade deals are directly behind the hopeless gridlock which has led directly to trump. nominating people like biden or harris who subscribe to this ideology will only end up giving trump the ammo he needs to win the election.

Yup, yup. Unleash the Bern and I bet he can put Ohio back in play, too. MI, WI, PA, and don't forget that MN was damn close in 16. Dems wouldn't even necessarily need to worry about FL or NC so much if it's too hard for them there.

If the Dems punt the Midwest they are making themselves a minority party. For better or worse you cannot obtain enough seats in congress, or sufficient electoral votes to win the Presidency, unless your platform and party have sufficient appeal in enough states.

Dems has a lot of big gains in the Midwest, it’s definitely winnable territory for them.

Dems need kasich to run independent. That locks up ohio. Really should just pour money his way.

Should dems really go all in on the Midwest and **** the southern swing states ?

I’m not as well versed as you guys, im just asking in a non rhetorical manner.

Not all in, but there are few paths to victory that don’t include at least one Midwest state, and I think places like WI, MI, and even OH or PA are gettable.

PA is more than gettable, it was a D stronghold for over a generation until Trump NARROWLY turned it. Dems did very well, and the new electoral map definitely helped.

As an encouraging sign the Supreme Court twice declined to hear appeals from PA Republicans who wanted to throw out the new map.

PA is an easy get with Bernie, imo.

Regarding the Midwest generally.

Someone who doesn’t seem to care about you (Hillary) < someone who pretends to care a lot even though you may be suspicious he is trying to con you (Trump)<<<<<<<<<<<<<< someone who actually cares a lot (Bernie)

I mean racism will still make it a little closer than it should be, but still think he is a lock.

I have been very explicit and clear that I am not against someone for being a "white male," (I have no qualms for those that support Bernie, for example) but that I don't consider being a white male a "great intangible." Again, I am tempering my language here!

Bern/Beto does that ticket work?

Feel the BERN and BETOn a winner!!!!!

Yes Bernie is an old but one of the only guys who can still actually deliver some kind of speech that gets the people going. Beto offsets the old, brings youth to the team like Rodgers sitting behind Favre.

HUCK IT CHUCK IT FOOTBALL!

Beto would be a solid VP pick for Bern because I think many of us would feel comfortable with Beto taking over if Bern gets a case of the olds too much.