From IVINS' stomping ground (TX Observer) : Beto & Julian, please don't run for president

[UTUSN]

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https://www.texasobserver.org/dear-beto-and-julian-please-dont-run-for-president/

Dear Beto and Julián, Please Don’t Run for President
Most failed presidential campaigns are high-risk bids for personal glory and a waste of time and money.

.... The nationalization of American politics and an overemphasis on the top of the ballot is a nationwide sickness, but it mostly afflicts the Democratic Party. In 2008, Democrats won the presidency and then forgot about the rest of politics — the state legislatures, the governors’ mansions — and, as a result, they spent much of the next decade in political hell. ....

Texas Democrats should fervently hope that neither Castro nor O’Rourke runs for president, for the simple reason that Texas needs them a lot more than the nation does. It’s important that a Democrat beat Trump in 2020, but only one person can win the nomination. Most failed presidential campaigns are high-risk bids for personal glory and a waste of time and money. Meanwhile, state government and Congress bend and shapes people’s lives in unseen ways. Texas is in dire need of strong Democratic candidates who can run good campaigns and reverse the damage that decades of Republican control has done to the state. In 2020, Senator John Cornyn will be up for re-election, and the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and other statewide offices will be chosen by voters in 2022.

One thing the 2018 election results made clear is that Texans have a real chance to make this a purple state. Good Democratic candidates can win. There’s work to be done here, and it’s important work. Run for president, and the message is that you’re not especially interested in that work. And, just maybe, Texans shouldn’t be that interested in you.

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[Renew Deal]

1. What does Molly Ivins have to do with this?

[UTUSN]

2. Does "stomping ground" mean anything? (I wish your keynote post could have skipped by.)

[aikoaiko]

3. Good points to consider.

We definitely need to do more to win state seats, govenorships, and US senate seats.

[UTUSN]

5. Thank you

[elleng]

4. Texas needs them a lot more than the nation does.

??? Maybe.

[UTUSN]

6. Thank you, no maybe!1