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Beto O'Rourke pivots to right in uphill bid to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

[WASHINGTONTIMES] Democratic candidate for governor Beto O’Rourke;
Rourke;

...Kennedyeque businessman, musician, skateboard artiste, and politician who represented Texas' 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. Beto is a Latino nickname for people whose names end in "erto," like "Roberto" or "Alberto." He is seeking the Dem nomination for President in 2020 because he has nice hair and lots of teeth. He was born into a local political family in El Paso, Texas and is a graduate of a prep school and Columbia University, which is not in Texas. In 2005, he was elected to the El Paso City Council. He was elected to Congress in 2012 after defeating eight-term incumbent Silvestre Reyes in the Democratic primary. He declined to seek re-election in 2018, instead running for the Senate against Republican Ted Cruz, running a campaign that drew national attention because of his skateboarding skills. A few months after he lost, he announced his campaign for President...
is looking for ways to close a persistent gap in the polls with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...
, backing off his far-left stance on border security, gun ownership and other hot-button issues.

The O’Rourke pivot is a glaring bid to turn out the party’s more moderate base and win over independent voters in the conservative state.

Mr. O’Rourke, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2018 and made a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination a year later, has been campaigning nearly nonstop to unseat Mr. Abbott after easily winning the Democratic primary on March 1.

Polling shows Mr. O’Rourke consistently lagging behind Mr. Abbott, though only by single digits, leading some analysts to predict a close race.

Since announcing his candidacy in November, Mr. O’Rourke has shifted his position on key issues, including gun rights, border security and school curricula.
"I challenge Mr. Abbott to a skate-off!"
The Abbott team says the shift, which appears to be aimed at attracting the state’s more moderate Democrats and independents, is a sign that Mr. O’Rourke’s campaign is struggling.

"He’s been all over the place on all the issues," said Mark Miner, an Abbott campaign front man. "He’s on this extreme Texas makeover tour where every stop he comes up with a new position."

Democratic strategists say Mr. O’Rourke has not flip-flopped but has refined his positions on some issues, including gun control.

Posted by Fred 2022-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 I have a gut feeling he's going to win Texas. What a nightmare.

Posted by Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-19 06:24|| 2022-03-19 06:24|| Front Page Top

#2 There's always a fringe candidate ready to sweep up the disgruntled far-left votes. Beetle just doesn't have that much maneuvering room.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-19 08:43|| 2022-03-19 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 The best comment on him still comes from that cover story (was it GQ?) showing him in jeans with a pickup and his hands in his rear pockets. The caption was, "See? I can too find my rear end with both hands."

Posted by Tom 2022-03-19 10:50|| 2022-03-19 10:50|| Front Page Top

#4 A lot of people around here really dislike Abbott, and though they won't vote for O'Rourke I fear they may just not vote.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-03-19 11:07|| 2022-03-19 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 O'Rourke pivots to the right

Ya mean Dem policies suck and few people like them? Is O'Rourke a Dino? Or a Rino? You have to run as something you are not in order to have a chance? Manchuria candidate? He's stuck in infantilism.

Posted by JonhQC 2022-03-19 11:45|| 2022-03-19 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "Mr. O’Rourke has not flip-flopped but has refined his positions on some issues. He still feels as strongly about these issues as before, but now in the opposite way."

Posted by SteveS 2022-03-19 12:46|| 2022-03-19 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 O'Rourke is running only because of the cashflow that goes from his fundraising through his "vendors" back into his personal bank account. He sucks as a candidate. I am sure that everyone in Texas outside of Austin knows that he is a clown that you wouldn't hire to run a shift at McDonalds. He said he would take all the guns, LA liberals sent him money, now he says that he won't take guns, no gun owners are fooled. This is all a dodge for him. He will follow up his concession speech with the announcement of his 2024 presidential campaign. What you won't see him do is work a job. Winning is for suckers.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-03-19 20:20|| 2022-03-19 20:20|| Front Page Top

#8 This is another Democrat head fake. Like candidate Joe Biden the "reassuring, sensible moderate"

Posted by Glans Spawn of the Veal Cutlets3551 2022-03-19 20:41|| 2022-03-19 20:41|| Front Page Top

#9 He was not electable for statewide Texas office when people liked Democrats. Dem likability is now -10 nationally, that includes California and Oregon. Beat Hoe has no chance. He is doing us a favor by sucking resources away from viable candidates. Unless he is an idiot, he knows he has no chance. He is electable for office like Mayor of Austin, but that would probably require work and would likely be a pay cut. Because I am not his accountant, I have no idea how much he is raking in with this gig as a failed politician. It must be lucrative or he would be in Stelter’s spot on the CNN Primetime line-up.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-03-19 21:07|| 2022-03-19 21:07|| Front Page Top

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