My god, even Harris wants Beto.
Weaknesses: America is ready for a woman president, but maybe not this particular woman. Has the proportionate strength, speed, and Native American ancestry of a white person.
Yeah, but if you fuse too early it'll expire before the end of the primary
To be honest, I was looking forward to reading pigeon's write-up on Jill Stein because there's a wealth of material there. But doh, I forgot that she's part of the Green Party.
I didn't realize he was running or that he was running on UBI. That's actually pretty cool.
RICHARD OJEDA
Also Known As: The Most Liberal Man in West Virginia
Currently: West Virginia State Senator from the 7th district
Accomplishments: Took a lot of credit for the teacher's strike in West Virginia. Didn't lose by nearly as much as Democrats usually lose by in West Virginia when he ran for the House.
Policy Focus: What if Democrats were more like Republicans?
Website: https://voteojeda.com/
Strengths: Popular with the military due to being shaped approximately like a bullet.
Weaknesses: Voted for Donald Trump in 2016. I mean, cmon.
Primary Status: Has filed FEC papers and officially begun his candidacy for president.
The list ain't close to done.
Bernie Sanders obviously. The next is probably Elizabeth Warren. Not such a coincidence that those are the two I favor the most.
"A March O'Rourke profile in the Dallas Morning News said the candidate's father, the late Pat O'Rourke, who was elected El Paso's county judge, "once explained why he nicknamed his son Beto: Nicknames are common in Mexico and along the border, and if he ever ran for office in El Paso, the odds of being elected in this mostly Mexican-American city were far greater with a name like Beto than Robert Francis O'Rourke. It was also a way," the story said, "to distinguish him from his maternal grandfather, Robert Williams.""
https://www.statesman.com/news/2018...ed-and-robert-orourke-by-beto?template=ampart
Not sure if Beto would make a good VP seeing how it's more of an advising role, but the other way around could work
It's what you get when you're overtly trying to find negative things, the straws get grasped fast.
Robert weakness:
Billionaire father-in-law
Charter school administrator wife
"A March O'Rourke profile in the Dallas Morning News said the candidate's father, the late Pat O'Rourke, who was elected El Paso's county judge, "once explained why he nicknamed his son Beto: Nicknames are common in Mexico and along the border, and if he ever ran for office in El Paso, the odds of being elected in this mostly Mexican-American city were far greater with a name like Beto than Robert Francis O'Rourke. It was also a way," the story said, "to distinguish him from his maternal grandfather, Robert Williams.""
https://www.statesman.com/news/2018...ed-and-robert-orourke-by-beto?template=ampart
Robert weakness:
Billionaire father-in-law
Charter school administrator wife
"A March O'Rourke profile in the Dallas Morning News said the candidate's father, the late Pat O'Rourke, who was elected El Paso's county judge, "once explained why he nicknamed his son Beto: Nicknames are common in Mexico and along the border, and if he ever ran for office in El Paso, the odds of being elected in this mostly Mexican-American city were far greater with a name like Beto than Robert Francis O'Rourke. It was also a way," the story said, "to distinguish him from his maternal grandfather, Robert Williams.""
https://www.statesman.com/news/2018...ed-and-robert-orourke-by-beto?template=ampart