The conclusion of Robert Mueller’s investigation means that if the Democrats are going to defeat President Trump, they’ll have to do it not in court with a prosecutor, but in an election, with a politician.
The process of choosing a nominee is getting under way already in the Granite State, where a former congressman from Texas, Beto O’Rourke, recently made his first campaign visit as a presidential candidate.
O’Rourke, 46, is a generation younger than Senator Bernie Sanders, Vice President Biden, or Trump himself.
But despite his youth and his informal appearance—Banana Republic khakis, shirt open at the collar, driving himself around the state in a minivan—O’Rourke’s speaking style is oddly old-fashioned and formal. He talks about “the opportunities to which we aspire.” He eschews contractions. “I do not care if you are a Republican or Democrat,” he says a lot, but never “I don’t care.” He does, though, frequently sprinkle in the Spanish: “no me importa.”
Sometimes it seems as if it’s not only O’Rourke’s speaking style that’s stuck in the past but also the policy substance, writes Ira Stoll.
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