Opinion | How Beto O’Rourke can catch fire if he enters the 2020 fray

Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd inside the El Paso County Coliseum last month in El Paso. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 12 at 11:15 AM Beto O’Rourke is expected to get into the 2020 presidential race any day now. In contrast to the entry of, say, Sen. Kamala D.

Is this the moment for a relatively untested white male in a party eager to elevate female and nonwhite voices in the quest to dethrone President Trump? Now wait a second. Critics should have some humility. The last politician with zero political accomplishments, a nonprofessional organization, lots of free media and a lack of policy depth wound up as president. It’s also worth noting that almost all the candidates in the race are learning as they go. Aside from Sen.

O’Rourke needs a few error-free weeks, a big money haul and a quick jump in the polls to convince a lot of naysayers that he is the real deal. His biggest danger? A moment like one that Ted Kennedy faced, when he couldn’t explain to Roger Mudd exactly why he wanted to be president, or an interview like the one that Sarah Palin had with Katie Couric, in which Palin’s paucity of knowledge was impossible to hide.

Ah....lighter fluid?

The only way he will catch fire is if he literally sets himself on fire.

He is delusional if he thinks he can be president.

Didn’t ‘Francis O Fork’ make an entry that fizzled already... In his home town! 😂 You have a real clown car of cannidates commie post! Will be fun watching them fracture the DNC into irate dysfunctional piecemeal. 🎨🎪 🤡 Six more years of President Trump for you!!

Give up, Libs. 2020 ain’t happenin’

The only reason there so many folks running for Dems is they are mostly auditioning for VP (in hopes that Biden or Sanders will be a one term President; or even better - die in office).

Beto will not be the next US President. He should run for Cornyn's Senate seat and do some trench work for the party until 2024.

Beta Beto making America weaker by the second...

Opinion: yea right!

You leftists really want that billionaire white guy Robert O'Rourke to run.

What about the fact that he’s voted with Republicans most of his career? He’s not a good candidate

I hope he runs because there are some people in El Paso that will tell you more than you are willing to report!!!

This is cute.

I hope there are people around him with extinguishers in the event there's a spontaneous combustion incident.

Biden/Harris winning ticket, regardless if we agree and I don't, but we must unify. Sander's is the sour puss in all this mucking it up.

Robert will only catch fire if he sets himself on fire. No gravitas or accomplishments. Running on open borders & other nonsense that is reckless & irresponsible.

The next president will have a large domestic and international mess to clean up. We will need an experienced hand at the helm. Beto will have plenty of other opportunities to shine.

Lmao well this proves opinion are like assholes everyone’s got one !

Oh please, feel the Bern and get out of the way Beta.

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Promise free shit like Bernie

He's got the jailhouse vote!

PeteForAmerica Buttigieg2020

Opinion: We don't want him

Beto is a weird guy with little name recognition outside of Texas. No chance.

Gasoline & matches?

The only fire he is gonna catch is coming from this guy FeelTheBern2020

Step 1: Be a man. Step 2: Be white. Step 3: Be charismatic. Democrats are always looking for the next Kennedy (see: Hart, Gary and Clinton, Bill) and Beto fits the bill.

He can’t.

By being Biden’s VP

I heard that guy is a furry

Beto seems to be getting y'all a lot of subscribers otherwise y'all would not be spitting out 1000000 opinion pieces on one person every 10 secs.

He wins with a tangible program for 40 million jobs in public works and scientific research BetoORourke funded by the Fed Reserve

I’m waiting.

I got one. He couldn't win his own district.

He can start by not taking oil lobby contributions anymore.

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