O'Rourke thinks a strong debate performance could turn things around.

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Beto O’Rourke’s candidacy today is almost an inversion of what it was at the start of his campaign less than four months ago. Back then, he bathed in national attention and raised a staggering $6.1 million on the first day of his campaign ...

Today, even as he’s assembled a stable of experienced operatives and released a spate of policy proposals, the former Texas congressman is polling at 2 percent nationally in the latest Morning Consult survey. One Iowa poll released this week put him at 1 percent in the state ... O’Rourke has dodged questions about his latest performance in the money race.

Yet O’Rourke returned to Iowa this week in seemingly high spirits, campaigning alongside his wife and young children as they toured the state in an RV. The candidate has been expanding his organization at his Texas headquarters and in early primary states. And his advisers and supporters insisted they aren’t worried: The race is nothing if not fluid, they said, and O’Rourke has the political talent to catch fire.

“It’s a long haul, and we’re in the third inning, and maybe Beto’s down 3-1,” said Kurt Meyer, an influential Iowa Democrat who hosted O’Rourke at his home in St. Ansgar for a house party this week. “But Beto has a fresh voice, and he’s whip smart, and he learns.”

“I feel really good,” O’Rourke told reporters, when asked about the state of his campaign.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/05/beto-orourke-2020-1398970

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Well, he best get cracking.

[aikoaiko]

2. Oh, honey....

Bring it and let’s see what happens.