Morning Jolt: A Texas Democratic Candidate Being Overhyped? The Devil You Say!

Beto O'Rourke, Senate candidate, fundraising phenom, and the latest Great Hope of the Texas Democratic Party: 641,052 votes in yesterday's primary.

Ted Cruz: Incumbent senator, Mr. Conservative, and guy everybody in the media seems to think is vulnerable in the face of all available evidence: 1,315,455 votes in yesterday's primary.

Over in the Texas Observer, Christopher Hooks notes that this is a rattle in the engine for the Democratic nominee's campaign, not that it is likely to stop national journalists from writing those glowing O'Rourke profiles:

O'Rourke's low number says more about the party than it does O'Rourke, but it's still not a particularly great sign. A lot of weird things happen in the Democratic Primary, because the party is far from cohesive. A few years ago, a LaRouche acolyte made it into a Senate runoff, and it's not unheard of for the party's contender to get crushed in the first round for unclear ...

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A Texas Democratic Candidate Being Overhyped? The Devil You Say! Jim Geraghty Beto O'Rourke, Senate candidate, fundraising phenom, and the latest Great Hope of the Texas Democratic Party: 641,052 votes in yesterday's primary. Ted Cruz: Incumbent senator, Mr. Conservative, and guy everybody in the media seems to think is vulnerable in the face of all available evidence: 1,315,455 votes in yesterday's primary. Over in the Texas Observer, Christopher Hooks notes that this is a rattle in the engine for the Democratic nominee's campaign, not that it is likely to stop national journalists from writing those glowing O'Rourke profiles: O'Rourke's low number says more about the party than it does O'Rourke, but it's still not a particularly great sign. A lot of weird things happen in the Democratic Primary, because the party is far from cohesive. A few years ago, a LaRouche acolyte made it into a Senate runoff, and it's not unheard of for the party's contender to get crushed in the first round for unclear ... Read More Top Stories Texas Primary Kicks Off Voting for 2018 Elections Mairead McArdle The Texas primary on Tuesday marks the first actual voting of the 2018 midterm... The Center Left Is on Life Support Michael Brendan Dougherty The Center Left Is on Life Support ADVERTISEMENT Lessons for the Navy from SpaceX and the Commercial Sector Jerry Hendrix and Stephen Rodriguez Public-private partnerships can spur vital R&D... Mississippi Senate Passes Earliest Abortion Ban in U.S. Mairead McArdle The Mississippi state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that bans abortions after 15 weeks of... Gary Cohn to Resign after Tariff Dispute Jack Crowe Top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn intends to resign, the White House announced Tuesday. The White House told the New York Times there was no singular cause behind Cohn's departure,... Intersectionality, the Dangerous Faith David French Intersectionality and Moral Therapeutic Theism are the new religions of post-Christian... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." — Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 7th, 2018 Brazilian Military in Rio ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.