Only a few months after Texas voters decided they didn't want to see him in the US Senate, Beto O'Rourke is asking America, "Well, how 'bout in the White House, then? "—and hardly anyone thinks the question impertinentIt's an unusual path he's chosen, though he's not the first to travel it. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) A Vanity Fair cover is a heckuva springboard toward the White House for someone with O'Rourke's otherwise shortish resume. That's an important difference between his Texas Senate campaign and what lies ahead for him in the primaries. Beto O'Rourke kicked off his presidential campaign with a boost from Vanity Fair, for pity's sake.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2019 07:52 UTC