Little less than a year left until the Iowa caucuses.
Beto is to be found...all over place.
I do not get it either.
He wants to run the same race he did for Senate for the Presidency.
Ain't gonna happen, bro.
He spent two years running for Senate. Yes, Texas is a big-ass state, but the rest of America is bigger still, and you are running with half the time.
He apparently does not want to do televised townhalls because he really wants to shake your hand.
His intentions are in the right place, but trying to shake every motherphucker's hand ain't gonna win it for you. There just ain't enough time. That and a lot of motherphuckers do not wash their hands.
Why he wants to avoid national television is beyond me.
Look he ain't as good-looking as me, but compared to the rest of the field, he's GQ....and he does not want to go on camera?
Maybe he's insecure about being an empty-suit of sorts, but that's okay. Let the people around you come-up with the policies ideas that you will likely not implement anyways once elected president.
Ah, but he does not want pollsters, consultants and blah blah blah.
But fuck, let's say I am wrong on strategy.
But what I am right about is that his body cannot run that race he wants to run.
The last two years of his life were grueling, and he wants to run that same race for the presidency.
Your mind may think it can, but your body will let you know it can't.
At least with the televised townhalls not only do you get your live audience, but then it is on repeat forever on the internet. You don't have to show-up to five coffeeshops in New Hampshire, but you just show-up to two. That and quite frankly with as many candidates and just as much other crazy shit happening during the day, the media ain't gonna follow like it followed you in Texas.
At least going the more traditional route of running a campaign, he can run smarter race, and slow down the clock to where when it gets down to the last minute he can run that race he wants, and will need to in order to win.