Democrats in Texas have received a blast of good news after being stung by several recent defeats.
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) is considering entering the gubernatorial race, hoping to oust Gov. Greg Abbott (R) next year.
The possible O’Rourke run was first reported by Axios, and The New York Times later detailed that he had begun talking to people about joining his campaign team.
An O’Rourke run is clearly a serious possibility. But could he win?
Advocates point to his race against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in 2018, when O’Rourke kindled enormous enthusiasm from Democrats nationwide — and raised huge sums of money. In total, O’Rourke banked $80 million for that race, the largest sum ever recorded by a candidate in a Senate campaign.
The Beto boosters point out that Abbott is vulnerable too, with declining poll numbers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and other problems.
But it’s not quite as simple as that. First, for all the energy of O’Rourke’s Senate campaign against Cruz, he still lost — and by more than 200,000 votes.
O’Rourke’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 is perhaps best forgotten.
The former congressman struggled to get traction and, even worse, aggravated some in the party with what they saw as an air of entitlement. The most infamous example was an April 2019 cover of Vanity Fair, featuring the quote, “I want to be in it. Man, I’m just born to be in it.”
The voters disagreed. His campaign lasted about eight months. He pulled out well before the first contest, the Iowa caucuses.
Why do people vote for deranged dummies like this guy that is wet behind the ears. He ran out of his community like a scared boy when protesters were yelling at him. He is more comfortable on camera getting a haircut, rolling through on a skateboard because he can’t change a tire on a automobile.
Oh good Lord have mercy, lets hope that idiot can’t beat Abbott.
IIRC, failed presidential hopeful O’Rourke tried to appeal to primary voters by stating, on multiple occasions “We’re coming for your guns” or something very close to that with the same meaning.
How well do you think that will play with Texas voters when the clips reappear? And with the state under siege by every 3rd world illegal alien Soros can get to and through the border. I’m thinking not too well.
He looks like a Kennedy wannabe.
this guy is a freaking idiot like his mentor Xiden! he’ll win if they can steal it!