Can Julian Castro Find A Lane In Crowded Race To Democratic Nomination?

[TexasTowelie]

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign faces a crowded field of Democrats who want to challenge him for the presidency. Among them is Julian Castro. The former San Antonio mayor and secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development is not a household name. But he is working to change that.

Trump threw a campaign event in downtown San Antonio on Wednesday. A few hours later, Castro hosted a counter-rally. He shared with the audience what he planned to do once a defeated Trump hands the presidency to him.

“We will be on the White House lawn," Castro said, "and the helicopter will be right there in the distance. And right before he leaves -- right before he walks away to the helicopter -- I’m going to tell him, 'Adios!' "

Castro has to outmaneuver and defeat at least 20 other Democrats to secure the party’s presidential nomination before he can take on the Republican incumbent in a national election.

Read more: https://www.kut.org/post/can-julian-castro-find-lane-crowded-race-democratic-nomination

Details of Castro's Immigration Policy
https://www.julianforthefuture.com/news-events/people-first-immigration-policy/

[madville]

1. Nope, no chance

He can have a place in the next administration maybe if he doesn't burn many bridges during the primary.

[blue cat]

2. He has a good chance for VP

I remember past primaries where the front runners eventually bite the dust, so nobody knows what will happen. I was forced to change my candidate three times in 2004, and had changed my mind several times as well because of the debates.

[NurseJackie]

3. My husband thinks his last name will be a hindrance...

My husband thinks his last name will be a hindrance. People hear "Castro" and think "Fidel".

[JI7]

5. not even, we had Barack Hussein Obama. Castro's problem

is more that there are just a lot of candidates and that makes it harder to stand out.

[NurseJackie]

6. His last name wasn't Hussein. We didn't have "President Hussein"...

... I do believe that my husband makes a valid point that having "President Castro" may be unpalatable to enough people that it will hinder his efforts to even get the nomination. Unfair? Certainly. But it it makes no sense to ignore reality.

[brer cat]

4. He isn't finding traction in this crowded field.

He is a great Democrat and I wish him well.

[oasis]

7. I'd like to see Castro on the Dem debate stage.