because he is good....I think he is better than the front-runners and I know he could beat Trump

Not trying to put you on the spot, but "better" means being able to adjust to setbacks. The only two candidates that have done that so far are Biden and Warren. Buttigieg is a work in progress, he may recover from the shooting situation, or he may not.

O'Rouke responded to losing the spotlight by going farther into obscurity. When Warren lost the spotlight a few months back, she worked harder at meeting people and laying out policy proposals, and she turned things around in a big way.

Once we have a nominee, republicans are coming after that person. We need a nominee who can take a punch, focus and punch back harder.

sometimes the people worst at interviews are the best for the job

I honestly don't. I have plenty of cases where red flags that were ignored after the interview were signaling how the person would perform the job.

Good point.

We will see how Beto bounces back in the debate that comes up in about two weeks. My belief is that debate is going to majorly shuffle the field. My preference is that our nominee be from among the younger than 60 candidates, I make an exception for Warren because she looks and acts like a person in their forties. So Beto would be among my preferred candidates, the issue is that I have not seen that "IT" from him.

The constant barrage of negative stories pretty much put a loser label on him and told people to close their pocketbooks.

The Seth Abramson Twitter thread speaks for itself. And Abramson wasn't the only observer who noticed the character assassination campaign against a honest, decent, and highly talented Democrat.

very disappointed that so few DUers recognize this

They posted that they have inside information, so I guess we’ll see.

I like just about everything about him. He is great for the party. I hope this doesn’t put a dent in his confidence and send him back to the private sector to find said lost confidence.

We saw a lot of Beto in Texas, and he had the ability to connect with thousands of people because he addressed their concerns. He won over my husband and me by explaining how congress is all about raising money for the parties. His donors were folks like us, no PACS. I admire his integrity and the fact that he doesn't make himself look good at the expense of a rival. When he came on the national scene as a presidential candidate, he was the target of lots of mean spirited opinion pieces, mostly written by women. I was afraid it would take a toll, and it did. He's a good man, and he has a lot to contribute. I hope he gets the chance to do that.

I have no doubt he beat Cruz.

She is a great candidate and I wish people would stop dismissing her by trying to get Beto to push her out. Even if he doesn’t get the presidential nomination, I doubt he’ll try to push MJ out of the senate race because that doesn’t match his personality.

Not with all that voter suppression that's probably why he didn't run. Cornyn is more liked than Cruz is in Texas

And made a several key new hires over the past few weeks. I have no idea what his numbers will be but he has a history of releasing his numbers later than most. Chill out until tomorrow when everyone’s numbers will be known.

There is a post about it somewhere. Not so good.

look at the cash on hand here is the break down https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/us/politics/democratic-fundraising-2020.html