This is what leadership looks like

[Indygram]

Beto speaking to volunteers at the opening of his Cedar Rapids headquarters today.

[democratisphere]

1. Does not appear ready for primetime.

Maybe sometime in the future he will be.

[Skittles]

2. LOL

nonsense

[Indygram]

6. The best thing about Beto is

That he doesn't make stupid mistakes.

[Skittles]

14. well, everyone makes mistakes

it's all about how much responsibility you take, how you handle it

[Indygram]

21. Everyone does make mistakes, that's true

But there comes a point where you grow up and stop making stupid mistakes. And absolutely, owning those mistakes and taking responsibility shows maturity and growth. I'm tired of politicians who just give lip service and only say what they think people want to hear because it's politically expedient and who don't take responsibility for what they say and do.

[Skittles]

35. I hear you

[JI7]

3. why do you say that ?

[democratisphere]

8. Not polling well compared with the top Democratic candidates.

Democrats should not be putting stock into candidates that just lost lesser elections. Got to get real.

[Indygram]

9. What did the polls say about 2016 again?

Yeah...that's what I thought. The polls are more useful to wipe your....nevermind.

[JI7]

10. what does that have to do with the video ? Biden lost Primary elections before

Beto got an impressive turnout in Red Texas .

[democratisphere]

11. But he didn't win.

We need a proven winner. We have got to get this 2020 election right. There is a chance for Beto in another time and place, imo.

[Indygram]

12. Which candidate running would have come within 3 points of beating Cruz in Texas?

Not a damn one. Which one of the other candidates have a PROVEN record of energizing young voters to volunteer and actually vote at a 500% increase? Not a damn one.

How many of those much needed young voters do you think are going to vote for Biden when they figure out he opposes legalizing marijuana?

Trying to push the perceived "safe" candidate never works. Apparently you are forgetting how well that kind of planning and over analyzing worked with John Kerry.

Nothing like going out of your way to pry defeat out of the jaws of victory...

[Tipperary]

20. How are his polls in Iowa now?

I think I read 2%.

[Indygram]

22. Polls are worthless, especially with so many candidates

The polls don't adequately measure young voters. In fact, some of them have only polled people over 50 years old. Beto is extremely popular with very young voters, many of which who have been on the ground all over the country canvassing and clipboarding for weeks. Pollsters and pundits like to try to pick candidates based on their coverage. They pulled the same thing they are doing to Beto on Bill Clinton. Didn't work then and it won't work now. Those young voters will never support a candidate who opposes legalizing marijuana.

[democratisphere]

33. Confirmed. 2%.

We need a candidate that will appeal to the greatest number of voters that are Democrats, Independents and Moderate Republicans.

[dalton99a]

13. Obama won. He drove the car, not Biden

Incidentally it wasn't hard to win a Senate seat in Delaware and keep your job for 36 years if you got along with MBNA

[Skittles]

15. THANK YOU

[Indygram]

23. Exactly....how many of the others have run in a state where Democrats routinely get decimated

None of the ones leading in the polls, that's for sure. Heck, have any of them even faced a truly difficult and nasty campaign run against them? Don't think so. Beto is battle tested with fresh experience in this Trumpster climate.

[democratisphere]

34. Biden as VP provided even more substance to create a winning ticket.

Don't discount Joe Biden's individual worth.

[SMC22307]

36. Yep, it really is that simple. (n/t)

[samnsara]

18. i agree.. i like Beto but (i feel) hes green...he needs to ripen as do some of the others..

..he can help us out in the senate. Thats where we need them now. This new crowd will be a force to reckon with in a few years but i dont want anyone right now who's not battle proven.

[Indygram]

24. If you REALLY cared about the Senate

You would tell all the Senators currently running to drop out and keep their seats. You would tell Buttigieg to run for the Senate, who has far less experience than Beto...who has 6 years in local politics, three terms in Congress and most of those years serving on Committees related to Armed Services, Intelligence and Veterans. He helped Veterans immensely.

Battle proven? Which one of those running has ever run against a nasty Trumpian hate mongering dirty campaigning Republican that spent millions on attack ads? Only one....Beto. And if that race had of been national he would have won. Not a one of the other candidates could have done what Beto did...not a one.

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

26. Buttigieg is unlikely to win statewide in Indiana.

Indiana is VERY Republican and his previous statewide attempt there -- think it was for state treasurer -- failed. The lack a a viable Indiana stepping stone is probably part of why he is trying for national office now. I hope to at least see him with a national role in the Biden administration, as he is an amazing person.

[Kurt V.]

27. proven winner?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_presidential_campaign

[BeyondGeography]

28. This is Biden's third try

He has never been able to mount a disciplined and well-organized national campaign. Last week alone, the Hyde pivot hurt him and plagiarism charges resurfaced. He is not a proven winner at this.

[Indygram]

4. Yet he knew enough to oppose the Hyde Amendment without having to be told to

[dalton99a]

7. No shit.

[Indygram]

5. People who write their own Climate Plans are typically ready

Link to tweet

[samnsara]

17. BUT..i wont give $$ to any candidate who slams the others...just saying..

..if a persons candidate cant make it on their own WITHOUT smearing the others then i will have to back off on signs,$$, bumper stickers etc.........they will get my vote but not my lovin'


Smearing others is a form of weakness, i think we have seen that demonstrated perfectly with trump.


lets play nice...

[Indygram]

25. Reporters try to get Beto to attack other candidates all the time and he never does

Even when he disagrees on something important, like he did with Biden, he was still respectful and would not make it personal at all.

It's incredibly frustrating to start a thread to highlight your candidate and share information and have people jump on just to make rude comments that are obviously intended to instigate and derail the thread.

[DesertRat]

32. That's why there are candidate only groups

Everyone can read the posts, but only members who have selected that candidate as their preference can post there.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1099

[Demit]

29. "Biden regularly attacked Obama when they were both running for the nomination in 2008.

"But in the heat of the contest, Biden regularly attacked Obama for his lack of experience – comments that immediately resurfaced in Republican attack ads today. "I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off," Biden says in the old footage."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/23/barackobama.joebiden

Competing for office isn't exactly running for Miss Congeniality. Your candidate could sling the criticism as well as anyone.

[SKKY]

31. Serious question. How, in your estimation, is he not ready for Prime Time?

I'm genuinely curious why people say this when, from everything I've seen, it's just the opposite.

[samnsara]

16. i like beto too...no candidate is perfect and hes just as great as any of the others..

[Tipperary]

19. Oh I god, he is in (gasp) shirtsleeves!

Where are the posters who object so strenuously to shirtsleeves?

[SMC22307]

37. LOL Gotta look prezidenshul!