I don't ask for much, just one midterm cycle when Beto and Stacey don't run!
2026 might just be the perfect storm for us to turn Georgia and Texas blue but they might blow it. They were great candidates, but their time is gone, and Politics is a cruel sport. We could potentially have an unpopular president who has seriously bled support a…
I don't ask for much, just one midterm cycle when Beto and Stacey don't run!
2026 might just be the perfect storm for us to turn Georgia and Texas blue but they might blow it. They were great candidates, but their time is gone, and Politics is a cruel sport. We could potentially have an unpopular president who has seriously bled support among Independents, Latinos and Gen Z. Texas Republicans also have their own version of Mastriano/Walker/Oz ready i.e the radical right Ken Paxton for Senate.
We already have a decent lineup of potential candidates in Texas like Allred, Nathan Johnson, James Talarico, San Antonio Mayor Nirenberg, Astronaut Virts so I don't really see the need for Beto to join the fray.
Agreed, they need to be behind the scenes helping our candidates where their incredible organization skills work best. Some people just aren’t able to be successful politicians because their messaging/persona doesn’t work on the real world stage, but every elected candidate has a talented team behind them. That’s where they fit best and make the most difference.
If Beto runs, he starts looking like a perennial candidate. I agree with you and would add former Atlanta Mayor Bottoms to the list of people I'd prefer not to run.
I have heard a lot of negative stuff bout Bottoms and many say that they want anyone but her and Abrams. Why is it? I don't know much about her other than that she was considered to be Biden's running mate because Kamala had attacked Biden in a debate.
The Wikipedia article about her paints a mixed picture, but she ended up unpopular, and it's best not to have this kind of baggage when running statewide in a state that usually elects Republicans:
Bottoms was investigated during the mayoral election for several lump payments to campaign staff totaling more than $180,000 that were not reported properly.[17] In October 2017, she voluntarily returned $25,700 in campaign contributions she had received from PRAD Group, an engineering contractor whose office had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation the previous month.[18]
Big city mayors are not always the best candidate statewide since they govern deep blue areas and often are in tension with at least some parts of the coalition. As an example I think Michael Hancock former Denver mayor is the one CO Dem that could lose a statewide race in a stars align wrong year.
I don't ask for much, just one midterm cycle when Beto and Stacey don't run!
2026 might just be the perfect storm for us to turn Georgia and Texas blue but they might blow it. They were great candidates, but their time is gone, and Politics is a cruel sport. We could potentially have an unpopular president who has seriously bled support among Independents, Latinos and Gen Z. Texas Republicans also have their own version of Mastriano/Walker/Oz ready i.e the radical right Ken Paxton for Senate.
We already have a decent lineup of potential candidates in Texas like Allred, Nathan Johnson, James Talarico, San Antonio Mayor Nirenberg, Astronaut Virts so I don't really see the need for Beto to join the fray.
Agreed, they need to be behind the scenes helping our candidates where their incredible organization skills work best. Some people just aren’t able to be successful politicians because their messaging/persona doesn’t work on the real world stage, but every elected candidate has a talented team behind them. That’s where they fit best and make the most difference.
If Beto runs, he starts looking like a perennial candidate. I agree with you and would add former Atlanta Mayor Bottoms to the list of people I'd prefer not to run.
I have heard a lot of negative stuff bout Bottoms and many say that they want anyone but her and Abrams. Why is it? I don't know much about her other than that she was considered to be Biden's running mate because Kamala had attacked Biden in a debate.
The Wikipedia article about her paints a mixed picture, but she ended up unpopular, and it's best not to have this kind of baggage when running statewide in a state that usually elects Republicans:
Bottoms was investigated during the mayoral election for several lump payments to campaign staff totaling more than $180,000 that were not reported properly.[17] In October 2017, she voluntarily returned $25,700 in campaign contributions she had received from PRAD Group, an engineering contractor whose office had been raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation the previous month.[18]
Big city mayors are not always the best candidate statewide since they govern deep blue areas and often are in tension with at least some parts of the coalition. As an example I think Michael Hancock former Denver mayor is the one CO Dem that could lose a statewide race in a stars align wrong year.
At this point, Beto seems to fit more as a professor in political science than he would as a politician.
Serving in the House for just three terms and then having three failed political campaigns isn't a good receipt for another Senate run.
Beto has caught John Edwards disease (believes his own bullshit). Abrams seems to feel she is owed something, and that never sits well.
We owed Garland too.