What's on the line for Beto, Castro and the rest of the field in the first debates

[TexasTowelie]

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso will take center stage among 10 Democratic presidential candidates on the first of two successive nights of televised debates from Miami. It might prove a moment of truth for both candidates.

For Warren, who for months has been gaining steadily at the expense of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, it is an opportunity to step forward and supplant Sanders as former Vice President Joe Biden’s leading rival. The next night, Biden, the far-and-away early-front runner in the polls, will stand side-by-side with Sanders, their stage placement based on their superior polling numbers, headlining the second debate with its own lineup of 10 candidates.

For O’Rourke, whose once promising campaign appears to have peaked the day he announced, it is a stroke of fortune that by luck of the draw he found himself assigned to the Wednesday debate stage where, despite running a distant sixth in national polls, he still runs ahead of the other eight members of that night’s cast, which includes a governor, two U.S. senators, two U.S. representatives, a former member of Congress, the mayor of New York City and his fellow Texan, Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio and secretary of housing and urban development in the second Obama administration.

The debate will provide O’Rourke a renewed opportunity to demonstrate to voters, pundits and donors that he deserves to be in the top tier of candidates, and that he is not the self-absorbed lightweight depicted in story after story in national media outlets.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190622/whats-on-line-for-beto-castro-and-rest-of-field-in-first-debates

[RKP5637]

1. It would be nice if they also discussed the United States Concentration Camps!!! n/t

[TexasTowelie]

2. I believe that Beto and Castro will both address the concentration camps and immigration.

They are the two candidates that are at the front of the pack regarding this issue.

[RKP5637]

3. Great!!! That would be a good way to really get it in front of the masses! n/t

[tishaLA]

4. Sen Warren, Mr O'Rourke, and Sec Cadtro will be excellent

Representatives of the Party in the debates and I look forward to seeing them kicking ass. Everyone is is excited for a new generation of leadership.