Reality bites Beto after high-flying kickoff

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The Texan is campaigning strong, but he's no longer in the stratosphere.

By DAVID SIDERS 04/08/2019 05:02 AM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa — Between the prom proposal from a young admirer, the long lines for photographs and the conservative tracker recording his every word, Beto O’Rourke had all the hallmarks of a top-tier candidate during his latest swing through Iowa.

Yet by the time he left the state on Sunday, it was also clear that the euphoria that greeted O’Rourke’s entry into the race three weeks earlier has started to subside. The inevitable slog of competing in a packed Democratic primary is underway, and O’Rourke has not yet drawn the wave of national adulation from the left that his Senate run against Ted Cruz last year received.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/08/beto-orourke-2020-campaign-1260182

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1. Politico. Of course. nt

[JanetLovesObama]

3. This is bullshit !!!

I live deep in the heart of Texas and every time I go out in one of my Beto shirts the young people (18-40) go crazy and want to know where to get one. I never had that when I campaigned for Obama or Hillary. It is amazing.

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4. Politico is a hard pass for me, always

[WeekiWater]

5. Got off to a great start.

Seems like he gives people a lot of hope and is inspiring. Lets see if he can do the hard work. Seems he is so far.

Did anyone else do this?

Link to tweet

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. I think voters will look at his record versus only seeing Ted Cruz's ugly mug

Things like this from the article:

The next day, O’Rourke was conciliatory after a rally-goer in Grinnell questioned his record on climate change while in the House, acknowledging there are “some votes that I would rethink or maybe cast in a different direction.”

Asked what votes he would reconsider, O’Rourke told reporters, “I’ll try to get you a more complete answer in the future, because I would need to take a look at those votes. I don’t have them all memorized.”

Hooookay

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7. The closing paragraph says it all:

“He had a great first trip," J.D. Scholten, an Iowa Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for Congress last year, said after speaking with O’Rourke. "Now, he’s more just getting in the thick of things.”

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8. the bernie crowd is working overtime today. nt

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9. Most definitely. nt