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O'Rourke avoids TV spotlight for small gatherings in risky 2020 gamble
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440696-orourke-avoids-tv-spotlight-for-small-gatherings-in-risky-2020-gambleBeto O'Rourke is avoiding televised town halls and appearances on the national news circuit in his presidential campaign, employing many of the same tactics he used in his nearly successful bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in last year's midterm race.
But using the same game plan in the presidential race is looking increasingly risky as the former Texas congressman battles for space and attention in a crowded Democratic field.
Instead of facing one boogeyman in Cruz, O'Rourke this time faces more than a dozen Democrats many of whom have strong followings in the party and who are jockeying for national attention with televised town halls and sitdowns with news organizations.
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ORourkes absence from the cable news circuit became clear last week during a town hall event in Alexandria, Va., when one woman remarked that, unlike other 2020 hopefuls, ORourke had not appeared lately on the airwaves.
But using the same game plan in the presidential race is looking increasingly risky as the former Texas congressman battles for space and attention in a crowded Democratic field.
Instead of facing one boogeyman in Cruz, O'Rourke this time faces more than a dozen Democrats many of whom have strong followings in the party and who are jockeying for national attention with televised town halls and sitdowns with news organizations.
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ORourkes absence from the cable news circuit became clear last week during a town hall event in Alexandria, Va., when one woman remarked that, unlike other 2020 hopefuls, ORourke had not appeared lately on the airwaves.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440696-orourke-avoids-tv-spotlight-for-small-gatherings-in-risky-2020-gamble
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O'Rourke avoids TV spotlight for small gatherings in risky 2020 gamble (Original Post)
JaneQPublic
Apr 2019
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)1. Holding off on the media availability right now is smart...
Look what is happening today...Biden is sucking up all of the oxygen and it's going to be a media love affair for awhile. You never, never, never want to peak too soon.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Skittles
(153,160 posts)2. correct
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)3. +1. He's getting professional advice from a manager with national experience
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)4. They all are getting professional advice, but O'Rourke made the choice
to play into his own strengths.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden