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1/8 Diary of a Heartbroken Betocrat: As I come to terms with Beto leaving the race, I think I am going to be supporting Kamala Harris. I don't expect to have the personal connection with any other candidate that I had with Beto, but pragmatism tells me Harris is the best choice.
2/8 My personal connection with Beto came from being his constituent, knowing all the good he did in our community, and watching his Texas race up close. I also felt he was the best person for the job who offered the widest path to the White House and could win back the Senate.
3/8 That is why I am now deciding to support .@KamalaHarris. My belief is that we must think about 2020 strategically. With the new census will come new maps. In the wake of SCOTUS abdicating any oversight and gutting the VRA, we need to perform in as many states as possible.
So, the lights are (turning) off, and Beto's run for President has concluded. I'm sad. I'm disappointed. I'm discouraged. A Presidential run that started off with so much hope and optimism ended prematurely, and without the result that so many of us were hoping for.
2/ I just spent the last 30-40 minutes looking through a ton of news coverage that I had archived links to over the last 7.5 months since Beto's campaign launched. I compiled them in terms of positive, neutral, and negative coverage.
3/ Beto was covered by the news media overwhelmingly negatively, and it didn't matter who the outlet was. It could have been the WaPo Opinion page, MSNBC, Washington Examiner, NY Times, you name it, it was generally overwhelmingly negative for the majority of his campaign.
