On Thursday, former Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced he was running for president. O’Rourke made a big enough splash for President Trump to find a way to insult him, which suggests that it’s not wildly inappropriate for him to run.
It would have seemed a bit inappropriate just a few years ago, however. O'Rourke has some local government experience, three terms as a U.S. representative, and a splashy but ultimately unsuccessful Senate campaign against one of the most unpopular politicians in America. To put this in another, more cruel way: Beto O'Rourke has less executive experience than Sarah Palin and less government experience than Dan Quayle when they ran for vice president.