Spent more than 80 million and still lost.

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Question:  Who is Beto O&#x2019;Rourke?Guess it&#x2019;s time to get the band back together.

bettingforfun · Answer

Question:  Who is Beto O&#x2019;Rourke?Guess it&#x2019;s time to get the band back together.

StumpTownStu · Answer

Politics aside, I can&#x27;t believe anybody would vote for Ted Cruz. I can&#x27;t stand that ugly mug of his.

cashin · Answer

Tough loss for Beto &amp; the Lone Star state. Definitely a political talent with the natural &amp; authentic ability to energize and connect with the folks. Will be interesting to see how he navigates the political waters going forward...

bettingforfun · Answer

I just can&#x2019;t believe the amount of money that was spent on this guy and he took the L.  It is a mind boggling amount of money.  He could have taken that money, bought a Gulfstream and flown the band around for gigs.  $crew the tour bus.

SarasotaSlim · Answer

Beto for President 2020...

SarasotaSlim · Answer

Democrats can make Beto Speaker of the Houses.............. The Constitution does not require the Speaker to be a Member of the House

djbrow · Answer

Would be a wise move over he current leadership. The guy got 48% in Texas. Anyone who thinks he doesn&#x27;t have a bright future is clearly not paying attention to him.

bettingforfun · Answer

He darn well better after blowing 80&#x2B; mill.

SarasotaSlim · Answer

Agree...he would bring a youthful look and energy to the Democrat party..and has all the qualifications the party admires.....He has that sorta Kennedy looking thing going on,,, plus a history of drunk-driving ..

djbrow · Answer

Want to take a wild guess as to which party lost more money in the midterm elections?

darkhorse12 · Answer

At least he&#x27;s not a pedophile which seems to be a right wing thing.

darkhorse12 · Answer

Also lays the ground work for future elections in Texas.

bettingforfun · Answer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/despite-record-spending-2018-midterms-highlighted-limits-of-campaign-cash/2018/11/07/4ded1e34-e12e-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.htmlMy wild guess.

Midnight1 · Answer

Saw where Dems spent 42 million more.

djbrow · Answer

The Dems did spend more. Way more.

They also won more.

Since the original premise was that the candidate wasted money by losing, the Dems money was better spent.

Personally, by 2020, I see major independents winning 15% of elections. Get rid of partisan monies!

joe pockets · Answer

Ryan 2020 after the GOP have used Trump up and spite he out.

Midnight1 · Answer

&#xA;Piggy&#x27;s Boy Scout Know Nothing Do Nothing Paul Ryan. This dude disappointed both parties.

bettingforfun · Answer

All I know is that is a record amount of money spent on a Senate race by far and to still take the L is rough.

It used to be that would be called trying to “buy an election”. I guess they must only say that now if you actually win.

Midnight1 · Answer

It&#x27;s an absurd amount of money &amp; we&#x27;ll never know where it all came from for both sides of the aisle.

djbrow · Answer

Why are you avoiding the obvious response? If you are judging losing expenditures, those of your party far exceeded that of the Dems. How weren&#x2019;t they doing the same??

bettingforfun · Answer

I was specifically talking about his race.  Go back and look at the title.  80 million and no win is monumental.  No other way to look at it.

djbrow · Answer

Oh gotcha. I realize you won&#x2019;t criticize Republicans for the same, so I&#x2019;ll just leave this here (1 billion and lose the house) https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/11/what-the-parties-have-spent-on-the-midterms/

bettingforfun · Answer

NnOnce again I must refer you to the title.  This is the most money ever spent on a election and to top it off he lost.  2 records.  It just goes to show you can&#x2019;t always buy elections.Now, if you want to talk about really wasting money we need to look no further than 2014.  That was a blood bath.  Not a complete waste of money by the Republicans as they kept the Senate.  Be honest, you would have loved to have the Senate.  There&#x2019;s always 2022.

nature1970 · Answer

it is a weird ponzi sceem the fact borrowed money from the dccc who borrowed the money from the end who borrowed from democratic Senate committee.  It seems like they spent 80million reality about 20 million the rest loaned a repaid with marching contributions. &#xA;End of the day red and like to be represented by a Canadian born to a Cuban father who shook hands with oswell days before Kennedy was shot in Dallas.

Spent more than 80 million and still lost.

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