As O'Rourke mounts a bid to oust the Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, he has lessons to learn from his presidential campaign.
Daron Shaw, a professor in the University of Texas Department of Government, said one issue in O'Rourke's presidential campaign was a lack of clarity about why he was running.
right now. What are the issues O'Rourke can point to as the reason to boot Abbott, and why is he the best person to run the state in Abbott's stead?" Shaw suggested O'Rourke needs to"rebrand himself" this time out as he"starts with a very high percentage of voters having a 'very unfavorable' view of him."
"In short, if he runs as a personality he's in trouble," Shaw said."He needs to identify a set of issues and allow his passion and expertise on those issues organically reform his image." On previous comments that could have hurt O'Rourke, Rottinghaus said:"Obviously the 'taking your AKs' is the most famous lefty line from O'Rourke but it's symbolic of the way the right has painted him as too out of touch.". When asked about mandatory buybacks, he said:"Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We're not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.
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