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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's just something about Beto!

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Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) is inspiring aides and allies of former President Obama, who say they could support him if he decides to run for president in 2020.

The Obama allies are quick to point out similarities between O’Rourke, 46, and the former president, who was 47 when he was elected to the White House.

Both are political upstarts with unusual names who seemingly came out of nowhere and inspired thousands upon thousands of people to be part of a movement.

In many ways, say the Obama supporters, O’Rourke is a 2020 version of their former boss.

“That ability to make people feel invested in his campaign and his story does remind me of Obama ‘08,” said David Litt, who served as a speechwriter in the Obama White House. “You see the crowds and the enthusiasm, the kind of movement that isn’t about me but about us.”

Another former Obama aide said O’Rourke, even after losing his Senate bid, has energized the party like no one since the former president.

“The party hasn’t seen this kind of enthusiasm since Obama,” the aide said. “There isn’t one other potential candidate out there that has people buzzing. And that’s exactly why people supported Obama and why they’ll support Beto.”

Dan Pfeiffer, the former senior adviser to Obama who now co-hosts the popular “Pod Save America” podcast, penned a piece for Crooked Media on Monday that made the case for why O’Rourke should run.

“I have never seen a Senate candidate — including Obama in 2004 — inspire the sort of enthusiasm that Beto did in this race,” Pfeiffer said, adding that if O’Rourke were to run, “he would be one of the strongest candidates in the field.” 
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The difference between Obama and Beto is that Obama actually won a statewide election in his home state. [/quote]

Plus, his skin.[/quote]

Please explain because I don’t get your meaning. [/quote]
DP. What I suspect the poster means is that Obama's race was a big advantage, especially in the 2008 election, and for two reasons:

1) Liberals, who see everything through the prism of race, were enamored with the idea of a black president. Had he been white, Hillary would have gotten the nomination.

2) Black people, also enamored with the idea of a black president (which I can understand), turned out in record numbers.

If the race were against McCain and a WHITE junior senator who sat in a bigoted anti-American church for 20 years, McCain would have won. [/quote]

Hm, I guess you can run with this belief if you think that the only way a Black man can get ahead and win in this country is because he is Black   People like you and the other poster don’t think very much of Black people. I get it.

As to number two, is that why white people always win? Is it because white people turn out in records numbers and vote for the white man simply because he is white? John McCain lost against a white one-term governor with no success stories behind him, but nobody talks about that. John McCain lost against a white man who smoked cocaine in the White House while  visiting his dad, and whose wife killed someone in a vehicular himicide. A white man who was never a one-term anything politician ascended to the presidency and he didn’t attend a bigoted anti-American church, he was and is the bigot, misogyny aetheist but it’s okay, he’s white; therefore different rules. Got it.

John McCain lost two presidential bids for the same reason Hilary Clinton lost two presidential bids. They were both god awful candidates who were outwitted and outperformed by better candidates, but you only have the problem with the Black candidate. Got it. Take that rod out of eye, BIGOT. [/quote]

+1 million.

Obama didn't win because he's black (and he's biracial by the way).  He won because he was a way better candidate than John McCain (who was an infinitely better leader than our current POTUS).[/quote]
There was also no Republican who was going to win in 2008 after what the previous Republican had done to the economy.[/quote]

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