Julian Castro: "I am very likely to run for President"

[brooklynite]

Tonight on HARDBALL...

Will decide before the end of 2018.

[cilla4progress]

1. He definitely should!

I need to learn more about him. Have had my eye on him for some years! Wish HRC picked him for VP..

[libdem4life]

3. Yes, that would have been awesome. nt

[libdem4life]

2. I've always loved him...his family story is inspiring. But there's Beto now.

I read/skimmed the entire article, and not one word about Castro. I think his time maybe came and went. They brought him in as HUD Secretary to get him to Washington, but that was the last I heard about him. Being a state senator and mayor...Beto is a US Representative. Both of them are awesome...but Julian maybe not ready to compete at a national level? Same as Beto, however. Will be a fascinating unfolding.

[LeftInTX]

6. Castro has never been a state senator

He's just been mayor and HUD secretary.

Wish he would have run for TX governor, but he didn't want to lose.

I like him alot, but San Antonio has a weak mayor form of government.

[libdem4life]

9. I got his twin mixed up...you are right.

I just love his story...his Mom...his background...how I wish both of them would be major players. He was too early for a purple or blue Texas, to be sure. Hope there is a place for the Castros and Beto. The all deserve it.

[LeftInTX]

12. We just had a symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Commission in San Antonio

Everyone was there. I learned so much. I wish I could have attended every session.

Mexican-Americans had come up on the short end of the Civil Rights Act. They were not protected under the Voting Rights Act until 1975. The symposium was truly a great experience with lots of famous names and unknown names that I didn't recognize until I researched them.

[libdem4life]

14. That's all good news. A national commission on Mexican-Americans.

That must have been really unwelcome news in a certain House on Pennsylvania Ave, DC

[aikoaiko]

4. I remember when we talked about him as a VP to HRC.

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It's interesting to think about that alternative reality and maybe winning Florida and AZ.

I look forward to hearing more from him.

[LeftInTX]

7. He would have been perfect on that ticket.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. Yup, having him on the ticket would have sealed victory, no doubt.

[TeamPooka]

13. Nyet says Vladimir Putin.

[customerserviceguy]

5. Sure, why not

divide the vote one more way?

My worry? We get to convention time, and we have 6-10 "viable" candidates, none with over 20-25% of the delegates needed for a first ballot victory. Then, the superdelegates get involved, and the whole thing is seen to be giving all of the also-rans the shaft, and their supporters get disgruntled, ala 2016 with the Berniebots.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. You could be right... fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

Why the whole superdelegate idea should be scrapped.

[customerserviceguy]

15. Yes

And doing it in a half-assed way, like was done this year, is not the answer. But, we have to go through a crisis before we figure out how to avoid it happening again, then we have to hope that the history will not repeat itself years later.

I have some fears for this next political season, it's not like the old days where the megadonors would decide who was viable after only a few caucuses and primaries, the Internet makes it possible for a 5-10% candidate to raise funds to keep going all the way to the convention.

Trump beat out well over a dozen candidates for the GOP nomination, all of which were better qualified than him, by being a total asshole. We don't have that option, at least I hope not. I have to wonder what, if anything, will lift one candidate to the status of having enough votes for a first-ballot victory by the summer of 2020.

[Generic Brad]

8. I like him

I hope he does run.

[TexasBushwhacker]

16. I like him, but he is not ready

His only elected office is mayor of San Antonio. He should challenge John Cornyn for Senate in 2020.