Beto O'Rourke | Can Small-Donor Progressives Win Local Elections? | SXSW 2018

Anyone here familiar with Beto O’Rourke, who’s running against Cruz down in the great Lone Star State?
I just listen to a couple shorts and this interview.
Man I hope this guy is for real, because what I saw impressed the hell out of me.
He gives a little spark of hope, he does. Anyone familiar with him? ?
The blowback against the DCCC dirty tricks re Moser (she raised like 100K over the following two days) feels good too, hope its catching.
The DCCC’s scorched-earth campaign against Texas Democrat Laura Moser backfired - Vox

Beto O'Rourke | Can Small-Donor Progressives Win Local Elections? | SXSW 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZ8y0q2C5Q SXSW | Published on Mar 10, 2018 | 1:05:00 Bernie Sanders showed that big money isn’t needed to run a presidential campaign, changing the national calculus. But can the same be done in Texas? Will 2018 be the year small dollars make the difference at the local level? Join us for a candid conversation between Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, who is running against Ted Cruz for Senate and Ryan Grim, The Intercept’s DC Bureau Chief.