This kind of soured me on Castro, but I won't deny it'll play well - especially to people less close to Texas. He's a better debater. I thought Booker really did well, and I kind of liked De Blasio altho he petered out in the latter half. He had a fire I wasn't expecting. Warren was solid for every one of her answers except for guns and Mitch, and I believe she is the clear winner. I think Beto needs to learn how to big dog or drop out - he really has a problem calling out others on their shit.
Castro ducked out of running against Ted Cruz, and his brother ducked out of running against Cornyn. Their mom fights their battles on Twitter. Castro basically levied a moral litmus test on Beto, but it's going to be bad optics if it's his platform for the GE, because it's closer to open borders than anything Beto's suggested. He said later said in the spin room that Beto hadn't done his homework, but he also doesn't live in an 80% Hispanic city that's one half of a bi-national community. In other words, he's acting out for attention, and I guess it worked. I will give Castro this: he was probably the mayor that pundits should have looked at instead of Buttigieg.
Chuck Todd broke out tho.
