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So Long, Julian Castro. It Just Wasn’t Your Year.
Despite all the chaos, Democrats are moving closer to agreement and compromise. That’s how it’s supposed to work.
He did fine.
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The end of Julian Castro’s presidential campaign on Thursday offered another opportunity to complain about the nomination process, and plenty of pundits have been doing just that. After all, Castro has more relevant experience than South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who remains a contender, and he’s far more qualified than entrepreneur Andrew Yang or activist Tom Steyer, both of whom scored invitations to the November and December debates. Castro’s final debate was in October.