Beto Goes On the Road

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: Beto O’Rourke’s journey and mind are wandering, the editors of USA Today offer a qualified endorsement of border-security fencing, and Joe Biden apologizes for his past legislation on crime and drugs.

Beto O’Kerouac

Kamala Harris is announcing her presidential campaign on Good Morning America, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are speaking in rallies in South Carolina, Kirsten Gillibrand is visiting coffee shops in Iowa and meanwhile . . . Beto O’Rourke is driving through Kansas and Colorado alone.

He’s on a solo road trip through the Western states — although someone’s taking pictures of him for him at his various stops — laying out his thoughts big and small, including which songs are getting stuck in his head:

Drove through Johnson City west out of Kansas and into Colorado. Up to Animas and over to ... Read More

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