Castro Contradicts His Past Statements On Border Enforcement

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19. He has a lot of fantastic ideas.

I hadn't read this yet... thanks for the link. I would vote for his plan. He needs to work on his delivery to make his proposals more memorable with fewer words, though. What I took from last night as a relative Beto-neophyte is that he likes to tell stories and tries to connect with people by showing empathy.

On the stump, storytelling and narratives can be used in abundance since there isn't a clock running. Storytelling does make things memorable. The debate stage is different. You can get across one anecdote, maybe two, but that's only an amuse-bouche. The entree -- the proposal -- is what people need to hear in such a way that it's memorable and separates Beto from the pack. Castro was excellent at this (who knew?) and I think that's why he's getting so much attention today. Bill Clinton excelled at the anecdote followed by impactful message style of storytelling.

Beto will learn quickly, no doubt. But it is a different way of communicating than he uses out in the field. I didn't see his debate performances in Texas, so maybe I'm off base.