has the chance to be the most important in the long term for the future of our party. This video is not the exception, this is who he is. I have grown so cynical over the last decade. The first town hall I went to see this man in person made me a believer. He isn't just on the correct side of the issues, he has the natural charisma to sell these issues to the average American. We overlook that so much when discussing future leaders of the party. We may not like it, but the American populace responds more to charisma, than policy. We overlooked that because Obama was so good at both.
I am a volunteer on his campaign. I have made it a point to do either a block walk, or phone bank, at least once a week if not more. Though we try to target would be democratic party voters, the data we're going off of isn't always accurate and we do talk to independents and even some hard core right wing nutjubs. The thing I've noticed is that even some of the right wing crazies who have had a chance to see this man live, come away at least questioning their own beliefs on certain issues, specifically about so called "far left" issues like universal health care. Just this weekend, in 105 degree heat, I knocked on the door of a home where our data was wrong. The current resident had not voted in 6 years. He was very similar to myself. We were the same age, both married, both working our absolute assess off to try to stay middle class. I took a bit longer than normal with this guy and showed him just a random video bit on my phone from the town hall Beto hosted in our town last week. This man, who said he really had no interest in voting, committed to voting for Beto right there on the spot, with GENUINE enthusiasm. For those of you who canvass, you know stuff like that NEVER happens.
Beto is the rare combination of both good policy sense and rockstar Kennedy like charisma. I only hope his promising future isn't cut short because he is from the deep red hellhole that is Texas. There is hope though. Beto, who is actually running to the left of what would be considered the average democrat, is within 4%. FOUR. In fucking Texas. He has outraised Cruz, and the enthusiasm factor isn't even close. Will we win? In all honesty, it will be incredibly difficult. I just hope if we fall short, Beto doesn't drop off the radar of the national scene. Anyone who can run this far left and make Texas competitive, would be an absolute force on the national scene.
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