He was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Obama and the former Mayor of San Antonio.
He also made the keynote speech at the 2012 DNC.
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Julián Castro is exploring a run for the presidency in 2020
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He was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Obama and the former Mayor of San Antonio.
He also made the keynote speech at the 2012 DNC.
Republicans will run that name into the ground worse than "Crooked Hillary" and Barack "HUSSEIN" Obama.
Seems like a good dude though. I'd vote for him.
Seems like a good dude though. I'd vote for him.
Doesn't have the name recognition to win I don't think but by all means let him run and show us what hes got.
I'm all for it as a fellow hispanic. But Texas may already have another front runner for candidacy. Well see later on who knows.
Lol wut
I don't want Castro to run. Dude could've struck when the iron was hot by running for senator or governor, but was afraid of the effects of losing would be on his career.
This. I'd vote for him, but it's hard to see him get anywhere with Beto in the running. I'm not sure he would get anywhere even if Beto doesn't run.
Yeah, he would give Cubans in Florida even more of an excuse to vote for Trump. Unfortunate name.
Julián is great, but his quest for the presidency seems insanely quixotic. And the whole idea that he should vault directly from Mayor to HUD Secretary to President seems to be that a Texas Dem can't win state office, and so has to jump straight to the presidency, except now how do you go up against Beto who said fuck that and actually tried? I'd have a lot more respect for Castro if he had jumped on the ticket with Beto and made a run for Attorney General of Texas, because looking at how things turned out, he could've won it, but he was already all in on the presidency instead.
If Beto runs for president, Castro should suck it up, accept that he's now Texas' #2 Dem, and run for Senate and hope that a Beto presidential campaign plus his own talents will be enough to put a dent in Cornyn.
If Beto runs for president, Castro should suck it up, accept that he's now Texas' #2 Dem, and run for Senate and hope that a Beto presidential campaign plus his own talents will be enough to put a dent in Cornyn.
Never heard of Obama once before he ran. Granted, I was in middle school so..
Well you don't have all the information. I have an early birthday. oldest in my class.
I'd vote for him. He was a pretty good mayor, as far as I remember.
Fun fact: I wouldn't have been able to get into college if it wasn't for a program he helped establish for poor students.
Fun fact: I wouldn't have been able to get into college if it wasn't for a program he helped establish for poor students.
I mean, he can try
But Idk who is going to vote for him. He backed off when the party asked him to run for Governor in Texas. Many insiders are probably still upset about that. We really REALLY could have used him, a bad governors race hurt us so much
Beto at least tried. He spent the last two years working, walked across every spec of dirt in Texas, and now has a lot of experience on how to organize and run a large scale campaign. Castro could have got the same. Or he could have even won. Or helped Beto cross the finish line.
His brother Julian has more election experience. I'd rather he run at this point tbh
But Idk who is going to vote for him. He backed off when the party asked him to run for Governor in Texas. Many insiders are probably still upset about that. We really REALLY could have used him, a bad governors race hurt us so much
Beto at least tried. He spent the last two years working, walked across every spec of dirt in Texas, and now has a lot of experience on how to organize and run a large scale campaign. Castro could have got the same. Or he could have even won. Or helped Beto cross the finish line.
His brother Julian has more election experience. I'd rather he run at this point tbh
Ehhh... Castro's a midcarder and the 2020 Dem Royal Rumble is filling up with main eventers.
He should run against John Cornyn in 2020.
He should run against John Cornyn in 2020.
Could some of y'all popular red state progressives actually win an election in your home state?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
At least Beto/Abrams/Gillum tried to run in a statewide race in 2018 (each of which resulted in several downballot Democrat wins)... Castro sitting 2018 out is pretty unforgivable in my eyes, given the consequences of that election.
Political shelf life doesn't last long these days. We'd be saying the same about Obama if he didn't run in 2008.
Pretty much why its now or never for Beto.
He should but he won't.
He legit said on Colbert "I hate congress and never want to work there".
Like, I don't understand why he thinks being President will be better than working in Congress or something, seeing as how, who the President has to work with to achieve anything, but, whatever I guess.
But yeah in a 2020 cycle where there is going to be so many people contending I have no idea where he fits in or who his base will be
The fact he will never poll over 1% and most primary voters wont even know he is running is probably more of an issue.
Obama was nationally well known before he announced in Feb 2007. In the 2006 midterms Obama was the most popular candidate that those running called on to come do rallies for them. He was a hugely popular figure that everyone tried to get to their rallies in 2006.
He probably should have started making moves a year ago. I guess since he was Sec of HUD he has enough experience to at least not be a joke but he fades into the background against ost of the other candidates. He could probably be a decent VP pick though
Nah, the 'D' beside his name and skin color is worse than his name. Especially considering you got the ghoul Ted Cruz in Texas and Marco Rubio over in Florida. Jesus could run as a Democrat and Christians wouldn't vote for him because he's a liberal.
Edit: Oh...Castro...right. Because everyone named Castro has to be a dictator from Cuba just like every Mohammed is a terrorist. Gotcha.
Just no. The dude does not excite and I don't really see significant achievements he can tout either.
He also is not going to turn Texas blue like Beto could.
He also is not going to turn Texas blue like Beto could.
I'd like to see him run in the primary, not sure if I'd support him but I'd definitely like to see how he'd do.
I just got a text from MoveOn with results of a poll they conducted regarding 2020 candidates:
That large "Don't know" contingent is very healthy.
I wish the three women were on top, frankly, but Beto being above Biden is a pleasant surprise.
LOL at Bloomberg being above Booker. I didn't realize that Warren was less popular than Harris, perhaps that's just Californians?
I just got a text from MoveOn with results of a poll they conducted regarding 2020 candidates:
That large "Don't know" contingent is very healthy.
I wish the three women were on top, frankly, but Beto being above Biden is a pleasant surprise.
Oh god we are doomed.
The common consensus is that either Warren or Sanders will run correct? Not both at the same time. Since they could be considered interchangeable that should put a more progressive candidate higher.
Both are likely to run and both have been making moves to run. And I don't know a single progressive who wants Warren to win. She is completely toxic option as a nominee after the DNA debacle angered the base.
Most Dems want neither. No more over the hill 70+ year olds.
Yeah I feel age will be the defining divide of the primary, I just hope Beto is a bit more progressive and was holding himself back for the rest of Texas.
But are you sure about the Warren, Sanders thing? The Atlantic seems to think otherwise:
"'his decision is an audience of one: Elizabeth Warren,' the Sanders adviser says bluntly. No matter his appetite for running, he's conscious of her potency. 'They have to sit down and figure out who's going,' the adviser added. "
I also feel like the DNA thing will be old news by that time.
Tbh I was surprised he didn't run in 2016. Seemed like they were gearing him up for it with the DNC speech just like they did with Obama before.
I remember he was on Hillary's short list of VP choices, he probably didn't want to risk what he thought would be a guaranteed appointment
On the flip side though, if Trump actually lost to a dude named Julian Castro it would permanently fuck his ego for the rest of his life.