This is the DEM to carefully watch. I predict that they are going to consider him for the White House in 2020.
Dem Castro weighs challenge to CruzRep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) says he'll decide by the spring whether to challenge Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) in 2018.
“I said I’ll take a look at it, and I will,” said Castro Wednesday at a BuzzFeed Brews event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. “I want to make a decision by the end of spring.
"Obviously, if you want to run in Texas, it’s a large state and you need a lot of money and a lot of time to mount a serious campaign,” he told BuzzFeed's Tarini Parti.
When first asked about Cruz, Castro had joked that his stomach was "going to be in knots."
“I don’t know if it’s the news; I don’t know if it’s the cafeteria food I ate earlier; I don’t know if it’s being asked about Ted Cruz,” he said.
The three-term lawmaker also poked fun at Cruz and his claim to like basketball.
Asked if he would play a pick-up game with the senator, Castro jokingly asked if he would be playing Cruz or Duke University basketball player Grayson Allen.
Earlier this week, sports website Deadspin mocked Cruz's claim that he plays basketball by asking him for proof. Cruz responded by tweeting a picture of Duke star Allen, who many say has a striking resemblance to the senator.
Castro was modest about his own basketball skills, telling the audience that his jump shot is "all right," even though he hasn't played in "probably six months."
Castro also discussed the new Trump administration, saying his concerns "are too many to count."...
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/316257-dem-castro-weighs-challenge-to-cruz
