Joaquin and Julian Castro’s national road show

By Alexander Burns, Politico

In Washington, much of the Democratic Party is experiencing a “Back to the Future” moment, with a pair of white politicians pushing 70 — Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden — dominating the early politics of 2016.

Out in the states, it’s another story. There, the rank and file of the Democratic coalition has spent 2013 getting to know a different, fresher pair of faces for the party: Joaquin and Julian Castro.

The two brothers, who burst upon the national stage in 2012 after Julian — the mayor of San Antonio — keynoted the Democratic National Convention, have burned up the Democratic Party’s national speaking circuit this year. By the end of October, the 38-year-old twins will have appeared at major functions in at least 11 states outside their native Texas, and also the sets of prominent national TV programs like NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week.”

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