Beto O’Rourke to run for TX Gov in 2022

I doubt he'll win, but at least they will try

The Lincoln Project was supposed to air an ad during the football game last night, but it got pulled right before the game started. Ugh.

I think this may be the ad, but I'm not sure. Anybody know?

IDK, he came within a few points of beating Ted Cruz in 2018, so it’s possible. People are mad. But he also has said some stuff about guns that the GOP will run over and over again to mobilize their base. So IDK.

I’d rather see Juliàn or Joaquin Castro, but my guess is that Beto made this announcement after receiving confirmation that neither of them would be running.

I think he’d be more likely to win if the far right manages to successfully primary Abbott and put up one of their whack jobs. A lot of Texans will vote for Abbott just because he’s the devil they know.

No, I don’t think he can win.

Abbott has pissed off his own party because they think he did too much when it came to Covid restrictions. They are mad that he did a shut down, that it was too long, and that we briefly had capacity limits. Ted Cruz was recently booed at a Republican event when he said he would endorse Abbott for governor. He then had to try to talk the room down by saying it would be disrespectful for him not to stand the party line after Abbott endorsed him in the senate race.

I think there’s a good chance Abbott might be primaried out of the race by his own party.

I don't think Beto can win in Texas and I hate to see him try and become branded as a wanna be. In the "Eyes of Texas" there are too many strikes against him. Losing against Cruz was a big blow to his career IMHO

Love him, would be happy to see him run & win. I don't live in Texas, so I don't know what his chances are. But, I'm guessing Abbott is losing support from both sides - liberals for the abortion bill, the grid crisis etc. And the far right thinks he did too much with Covid. His poll numbers are declining across the board. But, Americans have short attention spans so a lot could happen before the election.

texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/greg-abbott-job-approval-trend

See, that’s the kind of fine point that I’m not familiar with, so I shouldn’t even be expressing an opinion.

You guys find the one with the best shot at kicking Abbott (or ??) to the curb, and I will be here cheering you on.

That may be the best outcome. One can only hope that is what happens. It's time we see someone new on the Rep. ticket.

Because the right used the dirty S word - socialism.

I don't think he will win. But I don't think Abbott will be reelected either.

Technically any Democrat in Texas right now *is* a moderate. We’re only “socialists” because the GOP stuck that label on us and their voters believe what they’re told.

(Ann Richards was in favor of women’s rights and protecting Roe, and opposed to concealed carry. How “moderate” would you consider her in 2022?)

I can’t tell you how much it infuriates me that so many people, regardless of race or ethnic background, are unable to “do their research” and figure what socialism is and isn’t.

Unlike Covid treatments, socialism is something you can actually research online. Of course, if the only place you “research” is YouTube and Twitter, you’ll likely end up with the same false information that you got about Covid.

Excuse me - any Democrat in Texas who is in major office (statewide or US House, major city mayors/judges) is a moderate. I can't speak for every county commissioner in Travis county or what have you. 

But the point is that what is considered "moderate" has changed substantially. 

However much you admired Ann Richards, the current GOP would paint her as a baby-killing, gun-hating socialist before you could say go. 

In what specific ways do you feel that Beto is so much further to the left than she was? You said that someone like Ann Richards could get elected, but not someone like Beto, so I'm curious which specific policy positions make him not moderate enough.

Ann Richards had the personality. Beto is like a wet-rag. They may stand for the same policies but they do not appeal to voters in the same way. Not everyone votes based on policies - at least those that take the time and effort to actually go out and vote.

Also, it takes more than a major office holder to run the state so I stand by my earlier statement that not every democrat in Texas is a moderate.

As to write out my policy beliefs - I don't want to fight today and I'm not interested in telling the political peas on this board anything about my personal beliefs other than what I have shared above. I guarantee in typical fashion it will be thrown back in my face - just like will probably be accused of something else because I'm not going to answer your question the way you want. Look at the tone being used now. Your question is baiting and I'm not biting today.