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Did Beto Blow It?: Texas Republicans believe Ted Cruz was beatable [tr]
Politico ^ | November 4, 2018 | Tim Alberta

Posted on 11/05/2018 7:54:30 AM PST by C19fan

In March 2017, a little-known Democratic congressman named Beto O’Rourke proposed something unusual to Will Hurd, a Republican colleague from a neighboring district: that they rent a car and embark on a 24-hour, 1,600-mile road trip from San Antonio to Washington. Their live-streamed odyssey wound up attracting blushing news coverage and evoking the bipartisan companionship of a bygone era. For Hurd, a pragmatic, swing-district moderate with numerous Democrats employed on his staff, the cross-aisle kumbaya was routine; few lawmakers hug the middle so tightly. For O’Rourke, the demonstration was less likely; he had done little to distinguish himself in the House of Representatives, and what reputation he owned was not that of a centrist. He won his congressional seat in 2012 by running to the left of an incumbent Democrat—a moderate Hispanic who warned voters of the El Paso councilman’s ultra-progressive policies—and spent the ensuing years compiling a safely liberal voting record.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: beto; dnctalkingpoints; mediaelites; rinos; senate; tedcruz; texas
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To: LUV W; Jane Long

Fauxrourke Ping.


21 posted on 11/05/2018 8:50:27 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: dead

Beto? He runs around with Beavis, and goes by the name of Butthead!


22 posted on 11/05/2018 8:58:06 AM PST by 9422WMR (To be against Trump means you have to be against lower income taxes, and to have lost your mind.)
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To: bankwalker

Hurd is a Turd. No doubt.


23 posted on 11/05/2018 8:58:41 AM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: C19fan

The problem is, that the “LEFT” won’t win him the White House... Just like it can’t win him Texas....

Know your history... Other than Obama, which was the high watermark for Identity Politics... You have to go back to FDR to find a Democrat who won the White House with more than 51% of the vote, and NONE of them, Obama included, did so by running as an unapologetic leftist.


24 posted on 11/05/2018 9:01:38 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: C19fan
On 60 Minutes last night, they showed a Clip of POTUS Trump talking about Beto at a Rally.

They made a point of correcting Trump's pronunciation of “Beto”. They are all in for Beto and it showed.

25 posted on 11/05/2018 9:07:19 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: C19fan

Cruz was never going to lose, especially to a lightweight like Beto!


26 posted on 11/05/2018 9:45:15 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: Slyfox

The Republican Establishment HATES Ted — about as much as they hate the president. I’d say they’re 1 and 2 on the left’s hate list.


27 posted on 11/05/2018 9:47:55 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yeah, where’s David Dewhurst these days?


28 posted on 11/05/2018 9:49:02 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: SamAdams76

Hart made the mistake of telling the media to follow him around, so they did.


29 posted on 11/05/2018 9:50:42 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: C19fan

For Hurd, a pragmatic, swing-district moderate with numerous Democrats employed on his staff,

Please don’t associate this individual with the Republican Party. He is the ultimate RINO.


30 posted on 11/05/2018 10:19:29 AM PST by qaz123
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To: C19fan

If they thought Ted was beatable, they should have run someone of substance. All Beto had going for him was that he was young and allegedly “cool”. His campaign ads didn’t say diddly about anything.


31 posted on 11/05/2018 12:44:42 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: 1Old Pro

I call him Irish Bob.
Cruz should too.


32 posted on 11/05/2018 1:39:08 PM PST by oldvirginian (November 6, 2018. Vote like our way of life depends on YOUR ONE vote. BE THE DIFFERENCE!)
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