When Julián Castro released his plan to eliminate lead exposure recently, he met with a familiar fate. He was first in the field of two dozen Democrats to weigh in on the issue, and then his proposal vanished from the news cycle with barely a ripple
recently, he met with a familiar fate: He was first in the field of two dozen Democrats to weigh in on the issue, and then his proposal vanished from the news cycle with barely a ripple.
It’s a problem his campaign has been struggling with since he launched his bid in January. Castro has been first to comment on several politically sensitive matters and first to release substantive plans on any number of issues, but he hasn’t often received the credit — or attention — for taking the political risks and getting out ahead of his rivals.
Yet shaping the conversation isn’t the same as being in the conversation. The former HUD secretary remains mired near the bottom of national polls, hovering around 1 percent. That’s despite being first out of the gate with a comprehensive immigration proposal. His plan, released in April, quickly drew praise from Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union, and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and organizations like Latino Victory and the progressive group Indivisible, which urged other campaigns to read Castro’s plan “and take note.
Castro was also the first 2020 candidate to endorse launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. In that instance, the bulk of the attention for being ahead of the pack on impeachment went to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who tweeted a four-part thread concluding with an explicit call for the House to “initiate impeachment proceedings” several hours after Castro did the same.
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