Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro may be rivals -- but they're buddies, too

[BeyondGeography]

When Julián Castro walked off the Miami debate stage in June, his campaign staff felt confident he’d had a successful night. They weren’t the only ones.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent him a text congratulating him on his performance.

For any other sharp-elbowed politicians competing for their party’s nomination, the exchange might have been unusual. But Warren and Castro have, at various points in the primary, acted more as friends than foes.

Perhaps more than any other pair, the two candidates have shared tender moments throughout the presidential race, raising eyebrows across the nation. A photo of the two embracing at the Iowa Steak Fry, tweeted by Warren with a caption calling Castro a friend, racked up 13,000 likes.

Link to tweet

Castro, mired at the bottom of most national polls and on the brink of not making the cutoff for the November debate stage, has found an ally in Warren, whose profile continues to climb. It has led to speculation — or palpable hope for fans of both candidates — that Castro might be a leading choice for vice president on a Warren ticket. While Castro previously gave no indication he wanted to throw in the towel early, a recent fundraising email showing his campaign on the ropes has only intensified the scrutiny.

The two make an unlikely pairing. On the one hand is a cerebral, young Hispanic man who is a former Cabinet member and exudes poise bordering on robotic — a “LatinObama,” according to the comedy writers of “Saturday Night Live.” On the other is a white woman, dozens of years his senior, who’s running an upbeat, “I’ve got a plan for that” campaign and isn’t shy about speaking her mind.

Both candidates’ campaigns declined to comment for this story. But those close to Castro’s campaign say the two developed a healthy working relationship when he was U.S. housing secretary under then-President Barack Obama. Warren sat on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs while Castro was at Housing and Urban Development, and he frequently worked with lawmakers overseeing HUD’s budget and programs. Over months of touring the country to court Democratic primary voters, that initial respect developed into genuine camaraderie. It was cemented, in part, by shared progressive ideals and a love for wonky policy proposals...

More at https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/29/elizabeth-warren-julian-castro-friendship-2020/

[crazytown]

1. "the two candidates have shared tender moments"

[BeyondGeography]

3. Why are you barfing on this thread?

Post something harmless and a Warren supporter of all people comes to trash it. Wtf?

[crazytown]

4. "tender moments"?

What is this, a candle lit supper?

[BeyondGeography]

5. Not playing

If that’s your primary reaction to the article it’s pointless to engage with you.

[crazytown]

6. It is my reaction to one sentence,

with terminology the would not be used for two male candidates. The rest of article is fine.

[TidalWave46]

2. I like Castro a lot. Not for President but for many other things.

I think Obama nailed it with Castro and would like to see him head up HUD again. He understands many of the issues from living them and surrounding himself by them. He is an expert in the field and his ideas are second to none.

[highplainsdem]

7. This is interesting, given that Castro's attack on Biden in the September debate had

almost no chance of helping Castro's own campaign (and was in fact almost guaranteed to backfire against Castro), but could have benefited the candidates polling closest to Biden.