Another One Bites the Dust

For John, BLUF:  Primaries are ruthless in sorting out contestants, but they are the best way we have of winnowing the field so we don't have to have runoffs to pick a true winner of the majority of votes.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Julian Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

I got this from the Dan Bongino News Aggregation website.

From Fox News, by Reporters Judson Berger and Paul Steinhauser, 2 January 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

Julian Castro, the former Obama housing secretary and San Antonio mayor, has dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The only Latino in the field, Castro established himself as one of the more progressive members in the primary race but had been struggling to raise money and fight his way back onto the debate stage.

I give kudos to Secretary Castro for being willing to put himself forward and for a pretty aggressive run at the prize.  Sure, he didn't make it, but a lot of folks haven't made it this year, having fallen out along the way, ahead of him.

Regards  —  Cliff