First of all, I want to thank ABC News for producing what I thought was the best debate so far. A lot of this might be just the fact that this was the first night we saw all major candidates together on one stage, but still, I thought the quality of the questioning was great, and the moderators struck just the right balance, neither overbearing while still moving the long-winded along to keep the show rolling.
I also want to make it clear that my heart is with Bernie. If I felt like a lot of people, that age does not matter, I would go for him in a heart-beat. But we leave in a tough world, and the presidency makes great demands on any president, if they really do their job and not just spend the time golfing at their country clubs, watching Fox news all day and angry, childish tweeting like the current occupant. So, I felt we need a balance on the ticket- someone with a lot of experience, moral clarity, and a fighter. That person in my opinion is Elizabeth Warren.4
To balance out the ticket, we need a younger candidate like Beto O’Rourke. This young man has really found his voice. His performance tonight where he said “Hell yes I’m going to take your AK47s!’ electrified the audience and I predict the nation. For those of us of a certain age, Beto reminds me of Bobby Kennedy. Hes smart, passionate, good-looking and a fighter.
Its late here in Michigan, and I have not been the diary-writing person here on Daily Kos, because I felt one should really put a lot of preparation into a diary if one is to write one. But tonight was a special night. It was a great debate. All the candidates on the state tonight would be light-years in improvement over the Orange Antichrist we have in the White House now.
Beto brings geographical balance. He would have a real shot of carrying Texas, with him on the ticket Republicans would have to fight desperately to hold on to the state. Without Texas, Trump is toast.
With Elizabeth Warren and Beto O’Rourke on the ticket in 2020. election day 2020 will be the day we put an end to the long national nightmare of the Orange Antichrist Fascist in the country.. Go Elizabeth! Go Beto!!