among others .

in the nomination race people will call for him to run.

I think for Beto or will be looking at what are his chances of winning realistically.

He has a great future!

I think we are OK if he takes a pass this time around.

with a more experienced candidate for POTUS. Warren/Beto, Brown/Beto, Klobuchar/Beto all sound like winning tickets to me.

in a primary.

If he runs in the primary he has to run against whoever wins. If he doesn't, there's no rivalry they have to get over, and he's also a fresh face and not an also-ran when he takes the stage at the convention. So not running in the primary might be a strategy for getting a VP slot.

sometimes weakness can be improved or lose effectiveness .

but he needs to run to see what it is.

Maybe someone like Warren, for example, could choose a running mate BEFORE the primaries start, rather than waiting until the convention. That way, voters can get excited about the TEAM that's being presented. I know that's not how it's been done in the past. I don't care.

I'm thinking Biden-Beto but I could see it working in Warren's favor too.

in the ge .

yeah. beto can do things differently but not announce vp before.

ted cruz tried that also.

who brought absolutely nothing to the ticket. Had he been able to convince Kasich to be his VP, he might have kicked Trump's ass. Nevertheless, Trump got ahead too early in the game for Cruz to catch up.

and why should Fiorina not help when they voted for fucking trump. Fiorina is a business person.

Part of the reason Beto did as well as he did was because everyone knows Cruz is an asshole and no one, even Republicans, want to work with him in the Senate. 400K Republicans who voted for Governor Gregg Abbott chose Beto over Cruz.

Cornyn may be unimpressive, but he's not an asshole. Beto has actually worked on bills with Cornyn for increased funding for ports of entry. If Beto isn't going to participate in the 2020 race, I would prefer he run for Governor in 2022.

every Dem should know the country needs right now? Don't do it.

If he thinks he's ready for it, then go for it.

But if he don't, then don't.

No dishonor in that.

Mitt Romney, for example, picked the two absolute worst cycles to pursue. He couldn't get it worse if he tried. In 2008 he decided to pursue a nomination after Bush 43 a Republican in his second term had been stuck at very low approval rating since Katrina in August 2005. Lotsa luck. Then in 2012 he found an even worse cycle...opposing an incumbent in Obama whose party had been in power only one term. Only Jimmy Carter has lost in that scenario in more than a century.

Likewise the Democrats who chose 2004 thought they were making a wise choice but it was actually a stupid choice. I never understand why so many candidates line up to face that incumbent whose party has been in power only one term. It is happening again this time. But at least 2020 opposes a Republican with a low sustained approval rating, unlike 2004 when Bush was once sky high after 9/11 and also the aspect of Americans traditionally unwilling to change leaders during war time, no matter the circumstances of that war.

Beto might not avoid 2020 due to understanding of a poor situational cycle against an incumbent. But sometimes the sharpest among us have instincts that catch lucky as well as good.

2024 sets up as a very, very good cycle for a Democrat to win the presidency, no matter what happens in 2020. It is actually a major gift if we retake the White House in 2020 because by all logical variables it should be a successful re-election for that incumbent. Fortunately they found someone who can create a loss all by himself.