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Democratic Primaries

TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts) Mon May 13, 2019, 05:47 PM May 2019

Beto O'Rourke's Texas delegate fight shapes hard-fought Democratic race for president

Last week, Beto O'Rourke made one of the most significant hires of his fledgling candidacy for president.

He tapped Jeff Berman, the former campaign strategist for former President Barack Obama, as his delegate guru. Berman's job is to develop a plan that gets O'Rourke enough delegates to seize the Democratic Party nomination.

Berman was the MVP (most valuable politico) in Obama's 2008 campaign, helping the star candidate gobble up delegates and hold off Hillary Clinton, who didn't grasp the math until it was too late.

In 2016, Berman worked for Clinton, helping her get past Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/05/13/beto-orourkes-texas-delegate-fight-shapes-hard-fought-democratic-race-president

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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