What Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke need to do in Texas governor’s race debate | gromerjeffers
Tout his executive experience vs. O’Rourke’s
Abbott will portray O’Rourke as too liberal for Texas. He should also show how his executive experience as a former attorney general and governor gives him an advantage over the former congressman. The governor will probably question O’Rourke’s political motivation, given that it’s the El Paso Democrat’s third campaign in four years.When Abbott attacks O’Rourke as out of touch with Texas, the Democrat should flip the script and cast the governor as a national Republican with allegiance to Trump.
At the same time, O’Rourke must remind voters that historically, Texas Republicans and Democrats have disregarded national politics and often worked together on approaches that best serve the state. It’s why some former state lawmakers from both parties who become federal legislators are taken aback when they encounter the gridlock of Congress.In the first debate of the 2018 Senate race,
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