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TexasTowelie

(112,056 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 08:28 AM Nov 2019

Beto O'Rourke supporters hold out hope he'll be tapped as VP

EL PASO -- After Beto O'Rourke's exit from the presidential race, many supporters remain undecided as to which candidate to back and are unsure what's next for the former congressman from El Paso.

Beto O'Rourke's own focus the next few days is spending time with his three kids and watching Friday's UTEP men's basketball game. It's a big change from how he spent the past few months on the presidential campaign trail.

Though O'Rourke's no longer in the running to be the Democratic presidential nominee, dozens of people showed up Thursday night to Hope and Anchor to have a drink with him, thank him for running and express their continued support, no matter what he decides to do next.

Barbara Walker, 66, has known O'Rourke for nearly two decades since he started his software company and said she's considered all of the options that possibly lie ahead of him, from becoming vice president to running for Texas governor. The one office she doesn't see him in is as mayor of El Paso.

Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/11/15/beto-orourke-el-paso-supporters-hope-for-vice-president-2020/4185623002/

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Beto O'Rourke supporters hold out hope he'll be tapped as VP (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2019 OP
I guess they need something to hold onto, but VP won;t be coming his way beachbumbob Nov 2019 #1
Nominees tend to prize discipline in a running mate BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #2
Yes. John McCain comes to mind... AZ8theist Nov 2019 #4
Lol, Hail Mary's excepted BeyondGeography Nov 2019 #5
If he hadn't fallen for his hype Aquaria Nov 2019 #3
 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
3. If he hadn't fallen for his hype
Sun Nov 17, 2019, 09:27 AM
Nov 2019

Another Senate run would have been his best bet, and 2020 would have been a good year for it. A blue wave national election could have pulled him over the edge in Texas.

Especially if Castro were the VP pick, which I’ve believed he’s needed to be since 2016.

Him or Xavier Becerra. Putting a Hispanic on the ticket could very well flip Texas and Arizona, too. Imagine all of the southwest going blue.

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