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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election.  But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote.  The middle in Texas is about 30%.  That group leans right center.  This will not play with them.  This was a bad day for Beto.   But other events may turn the tide.  If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.  [/quote]

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."[/quote]

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base.   This election in Texas is a fight for the middle.  The middle is further right than the middle other places.  Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well.  If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas.  That could have made some inroads int he middle.  This stunt will not.[/quote]

I guess you felt it was too soon?[/quote]

Politics have rules.  One is you can’t as the non incumbent do anything political before funerals at the place where stuff happened.   You can go somewhere else or you can wait.  Incumbents can go and do stuff like Abbott was doing.  Not fair but that is what the public accepts.  Has not changed since 1900.   Remember Beto has to convince center right independents to vote for him.  They are the ones that follow the rules.  An activist on the left or right says screw the rules.  Their base loves it.  The center never does.   [/quote]
You’ve purely pulled that from your butt. [/quote]

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