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Killing him with kindness: 2020 Democrats heap praise on failing rival Beto O'Rourke washex.am/30dhXOL
Having entered the 2020 Democratic primary race with hopes of becoming the next Barack Obama, O'Rourke, 46, is now stuck on under 2% in the polls and drawing tiny crowds compared to those of his opponents. Clearly, his fellow Democrats had calculated he was no threat.
Before the debate, one Democratic strategist described him as "pretty much toast."
Jeff Hewitt, an Ohio-based Democratic consultant, believes O'Rourke's "Remember the Alamo!" moment has passed.

"No, I don't know of anything he can really do to vault himself into the top tier.”
”I think he's pretty much toast," Hewitt said, describing him as "a walking wounded, running as a vanity project. He can only exist so long with the rate of spending that he has without raising significantly more money than he has on hand.”
“Unless he just wants to drive around in his car for the whole cycle, stand on bar stools and, you know, be Beto."
Former Democratic Kentucky congressman Mike Ward thinks O'Rourke "peaked on the day he announced," though he suspects he won't drop out until the October debate round since he's already qualified for that.
The skateboard-riding, punk rock music fan turned politician failed to recapture the grassroots energy that catapulted him into national consciousness and fundraising record books, hauling in almost $79M. In contrast, he's only raised about $12M for his 2020 apparatus to date.
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