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Lets not kid ourselves - the DNC never once considered Beto as a nominee.
They still dont consider Bernie to be a viable nominee and I doubt they have any real interest in Kamalamala Harris or Chief Lies-a-beth WarHen either

These idiots are like a canaries in a coal mine.
Put them in a cage - and carry them into the campaign-shaft. When the carbon monoxide of public opinion kills one of your birds, turn around and go back to the surface long enough to adjust your messaging...
...when the public shows how they feel about being forcefully disarmed, release your idiotic candidate into the wild and adjust the parties message
...test out public opinion on crime stats with a dope smoking hippy that slept her way up the political and adjust your message based on the results
...when FaceBook lets you know that a victory will result in legal action against your message, adjust the party message and let Speaker Pelosi fire a few passive aggressive arrows about budget reality at the offending squaw
...let your crazy communist uncle continuously desensitize the public reality about economics while simultaneously testing the air quality in the campaign mine shaft

Then if it starts to look like the parties handlers cant keep the former VP on track, you can cut him free and run the cool gay-guy-slash-combat-vet as your nominee and then tighten him up with the former first lady as a running mate.
Dress them both up in frilly purple outfits and call it a day....