If @BetoORourke prevails, such an upset—likely to hinge suburban & women voters—has potential to reorder Texas politics & the nation's.
O'Rourke's strengths—his charisma & optimism—are Cruz's weaknesses.
The hype that surrounds O'Rourke isn't lost on Cruz.
gq.com/story/beto-oro…
“I'll very often get disappointed at myself, disappointed with our team if I feel like we didn't reach what we were supposed to reach or achieve.
What I never do is leave a rally like this with anything other than the feeling that, ‘Holy shit, there are so many amazing people.’ ”
O'Rourke seems completely unfazed by pessimism that hangs over the party.
In the line to meet O'Rourke that day is a woman who lost part of her foot to diabetes.
“She wheeled over to me & said, ‘I have no reason to feel this way, but I'm so hopeful right now.’
You meet that person & you're like ‘How can I not also be hopeful & make sure we deliver on the hope that we're all raising among each other?’
I'm very lucky to be a part of that.”
Beto seemed to mean it, O'Rourke is a man without guile.
Back into the minivan he went, off to the next event.

He's not a guy who agonizes over the construction & deconstruction of narratives & calculates subdivisions of the electorate.
History most often belongs to the analysts, but from time to time what's needed is a person to step up & do the thing.

Maybe, just maybe, @BetoORourke will.

#BetoForTexas

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Oct 7, 2018
Registration Deadlines, state by state

Alabama: in person/online/mail is Oct 22.

Alaska: in person/online/mail is Oct 7.

Arizona: in person/online/mail is Oct 9.

Arkansas: in person/mail is Oct 9.
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California: in person/online/mail is Oct 22.
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The vote will be counted when registration is verified.

Colorado: by mail/online is Oct 29.
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Connecticut: in person/mail/online is Oct 30.
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Delaware: in person/online/mail is Oct 13.

DC: in person is Election Day, by mail/online is Oct 16.

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High blood pressure
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Abusive Sexual Contact:
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$2.2M Maternal/Child Health
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$462M TOTAL taken from vital programs to cage kids
Source for the $260 Million taken from vital programs.

Source for the $202 Million taken from FEMA & other important national security programs.

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