I am going to say something very controversial for some...

[PatrickforO]

157. Does Trump?

Seriously, here's Joaquin's link: https://castro.house.gov/issues

Julian is a little light...http://www.ontheissues.org/Julian_Castro.htm

But here's the thing: Even though Clinton won the popular vote, Trump is sitting in the WH. We also have Republicans in control of the US Congress, the Judiciary as well as 32 governorships, 33 state legislatures and God knows how many county and municipal governments, and school boards. So something's REALLY wrong.

Yeah, I know voter suppression has something to do with that, but it does us no good to merely sit in the corner and lament that. Or the fact our base doesn't come out. A good friend and big Dem in my city told me that we know our base will volunteer, be engaged and turn out for a minority male, because that's what we all did for Obama. He is the one who suggested the Castro brothers. Tactically, that makes sense, but I do agree with you that both are young and a bit light on issue stances.

Maybe there's another solution, and that is to learn to talk about kitchen table issues in language that hits home with people and causes them to get out and vote. I just addressed a group of young Dems who aspire to public office on this very issue.

For example, we just had the dreamhome of a young family explode in my state because there was an uncapped leaky natural gas line and the developer built over it, not knowing it was there. The home exploded, killing the entire family, yet the very next week Republicans in our state legislature overturned a bill that would have required gas companies to map these pipes.

In justifying this decision, Republicans spoke of 'job-killing regulations.' How many times, Warren, have you heard Republicans say these words. Never just 'regulations,' but always 'job killing regulations.' What if we begin speaking of life-saving guidelines?

And how did the GOP, which cannot defend ANY of its positions morally or intellectually, take the moral high ground? We have to take that back.

I was excited today, though, because this is a county Dem party office holding a class for young Dems aspiring to hold public office. The class was billed as 'things you need to know before entering office.' That is outstanding. I'm going to try and get something like this going in my own county because God knows, we need more bench strength.