'The most striking thing about the Democrats’ newest presidential candidate is that he’s so hard to pin down.' DoyleMcManus ' latest:
These include granting immediate citizenship to “Dreamers,” immigrants who entered the country illegally as children. The mainstream Democratic position is to offer Dreamers “a path to citizenship,” not grant it automatically.
Like most politicians, O’Rourke has changed some of his views over time. In his 2012 race for Congress, he ran against a more liberal Democratic incumbent, and he was funded partly by local business leaders. The bigger question is whether he’s prepared for the intense scrutiny a presidential candidate must handle.
I don’t mean to sell O’Rourke too short. Optimism can be a winning theme in political campaigns; it worked for Ronald Reagan. It could be just the antidote voters seek to defuse the anger and fear that have dominated the Trump era.
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