Beto O'Rourke's campaign is cratering. But he's got a plan to bring back 'Betomania.'
EL PASO, Texas — Beto O'Rourke has gone from phenom to front-runner to flailing in five months, and so he came home to this dusty border town last week to regroup, prepare for the next debate and try to recast himself as the underdog in a Democratic presidential race in which many have already counted him out.much, but that a top priority now is to raise the money needed to keep building his campaign organization so it will be ready to rebound.
"Given the moment that we're in, this would try the faith of any single one of us," he said of the state of the country, but perhaps also of his campaign. Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign stop in Burlington, Iowa, on March 14, 2019."The problem with being the shiny new thing is that another shiny new thing will come along," said Grant Woodard, a veteran Iowa Democratic operative who is not aligned with any candidate."In this primary, there's literally something for everybody.
"Obviously we are going to need more resources for the national effort, but Iowa is a top priority for this campaign," Norm Sterzenbach, the O'Rourke campaign Iowa director, said. O'Rourke prides himself on being accommodating to opponents, but some allies have been re-watching last year's debate in which he quoted Trump to slam Cruz as"lyin' Ted" and are hoping that he'll show that ferocity again — even though O'Rourke later said he took that attack against Cruz"And despite his sagging fortunes, O’Rourke and his well-regarded campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, continue to attract top-flight staffers, many of whom were courted...
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