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Why? Beto has one of the most pro-Trump voting records in the House and Biden will run on no specific policy except pretending to oppose Trump on the issues.
Beto is center left. If you want the Independent vote, you've got to nominate a more moderate Democrat. Otherwise, we'll hold our noses and vote for trump.
Beto is center left. If you want the Independent vote, you've got to nominate a more moderate Democrat. Otherwise, we'll hold our noses and vote for trump.
I’m an Independent and I will be voting Democrat in 2020 and while I’m not sold on Beto I wouldn’t call him Center-Left
That is what makes them more palatable to some voters than a Warren or a Buttigeig would be. There is a sizable percentage of Americans who don’t want Trump but also don’t want a far leftist.
But how many support Beto's votes in Congress? You claim its a sizable percentage of the Dem electorate who want one of the most pro-Trump voting records, serving the rich and the powerful at the expense of the people. I dont think so. There is nothing "far leftist" with standing up for the people. In fact, polls after polls show that the real centrist position is the position Bernie Sanders has on the issues.
Beto is center left. If you want the Independent vote, you've got to nominate a more moderate Democrat. Otherwise, we'll hold our noses and vote for trump.
So doing the bidding of a tiny rich minority at the expense of ordinary Americans is "centrist" and "moderate"? I dont get it. Look at his donors and his pro-Trump voting record. If you want a republican, vote for the real thing, not a republican light.
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He has voted against allowing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to go after discriminatory auto lenders, criticizing the agency for its "lack of openness" and blaming supposedly excessive regulations for the cost of loans. He sided with Republicans in favor of watering down the so-called Volcker Rule, the federal regulation that prohibits banks from treating customer deposits like casino chips. He has also voted for legislation designed to eliminate financial and privacy-related disclosure requirements, for lightening the audit burden imposed on corporations, for deregulating stock exchanges and frequent trading, and for increasing the amount of debt holding companies are allowed to take on. At the end of September 2018, he was going whole-hog behind another package of Republican tax cuts described by the Center for American Progress (whose president, Neera Tanden, has endorsed O'Rourke") as a "scam."
Is this something you demand that your candidate supports or otherwise you'll vote for Trump? I think you are a very small minority of the Democrats. Polls of dems show overwhelming opposition to those types of policies.
But how many support Beto's votes in Congress? You claim its a sizable percentage of the Dem electorate who want one of the most pro-Trump voting records, serving the rich and the powerful at the expense of the people. I dont think so. There is nothing "far leftist" with standing up for the people. In fact, polls after polls show that the real centrist position is the position Bernie Sanders has on the issues.
If the Democrats want to re-take the WH in 2020, they'd better think twice about nominating a far left candidate. Would you prefer four more years of Trump or a centrist Democrat? Harris, Sanders, Bettigieu, Warren, etc.. cannot get enough of the Independent vote to beat Trump. Also, many centist Democrats may just stay home. Time to get real..
My first response when I read the thread title was, "who?". Zero name recognition. In a field with a lot of known names, that alone dooms his candidacy.
But people with no name recognition don't run for president thinking they can win. The run hoping to raise their profile for the next, more realistic run.
My first response when I read the thread title was, "who?". Zero name recognition. In a field with a lot of known names, that alone dooms his candidacy.
But people with no name recognition don't run for president thinking they can win. The run hoping to raise their profile for the next, more realistic run.
True. But still a long time to go. Getting into the debates was huge for him.
My first response when I read the thread title was, "who?". Zero name recognition. In a field with a lot of known names, that alone dooms his candidacy.
But people with no name recognition don't run for president thinking they can win. The run hoping to raise their profile for the next, more realistic run.
Completely agree. For a whole host of reasons, this guy doesn't stand even a remote chance, IMO..
My first response when I read the thread title was, "who?". Zero name recognition. In a field with a lot of known names, that alone dooms his candidacy.
But people with no name recognition don't run for president thinking they can win. The run hoping to raise their profile for the next, more realistic run.
Not true. At this time in 2007, no one knew who Barack Obama was.
Name recognition is seldom the most winning factor this early in a campaign season. This is the time in a campaign when a candidate has to concentrate on finding donors much more than getting known to the voters.
Without the money, the voters will never get the chance to know who most of the candidates are.
Most of them won't raise enough cash to last out the campaign.
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