Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), challenger to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), raked in a whopping $38.1 million in campaign donations in just three months.
You just raised a record-breaking $38.1 million in three months. From 802,836 contributions. No PACs, no special interests, no corporations. All people, all the time, everywhere, every single day. pic.twitter.com/IDMFNFwezB
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 12, 2018
Despite his impressive fundraising, Real Clear Politics still has him trailing Cruz by 7 points.
Holy shit! That George Soros must have one helluva large family!
Come on Beto! Spend that money to beat the cruz creep!
Democrats haven’t won a statewide seat in TX since the mid 90’s. If O’Rourke wins, he will break an 0 for 83 streak. He is not battling uphill, this is a straight vertical ascent. I am afraid it will be a moral victory where he comes closer than anyone has in a long time, due in large part to the utter unlike-ability of one Ted Cruz.
I’d like to see trucks all over Texas with billboards of Trump’s 2016 comments about Cruz on them. I think it would a useful way to spend at least some of that money.
Too many liberals equate donations from the grass-roots as being a sure fire way to win. Money is necessary in politics to get your message and your people out there. But, - money doesn’t equal votes. Sending Beto money at this point in time isn’t going to help him win.
Beto is getting showered with cash at the expense of other Dem candidates that need the money even more than he does.