Beto has thrown me for a bit of a loop.

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9. Good read an thank you for sharing it.

I do take issue with a couple of things. Clinton ran a solidly left campaign. She did so from the get-go in the primaries. She wasn’t pushed there. I know there is an image of her being a centrist, and much of that is for good reason, but she hit the ground running with one of the most progressive platforms of a Democratic Presidential candidate(same platform she ran in the primary on, for the most part).

Moving on, I think the further left elements should keep a friendly and open ear to Beto. It’s about the future. It’s about moving the needle and getting lasting change. This is not superficial, it’s an ends to a means. If Beto is the leader who can do it I’ll take everyone of those who vote for superficial reasons along for the ride.

Kessler and Erickson’s excerpt... Wow.

This sentence from the piece is a mouthful and very interesting to me.

“If ever there was a radical moderate, a fervent centrist Democrat, it’s O’Rourke. And gosh, he’s showing that can be exciting.”

They are right. Excitement doesn’t come from ideological extremism like the MSM and others try to make it out to be. I would like to hedge on my use of “extremism.” I don’t think any of our candidates are all that extreme. I’m using it as a term recognizing the spectrum of ideology in our part. Manchin would be the opposite extreme end.

I like Warren a lot. That is who my choice originally was. But I can see a scenario where everyone benefits if Beto is the real deal. Warren and others doing the tough work in congress and Beto selling it.

Again, thanks for sharing that.