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<\/a><\/p>\nMargaret Carlson
\nThe Daily Beast<\/p>\n
Reacting to losing to Ted Cruz by running for president is like failing to land a role in a community theater production and deciding to take your talents to Broadway.
\nBeto O\u2019Rourke has flamed out. It\u2019s not just me saying it. Polls have shown him slipping for weeks and on Wednesday Quinnipiac confirmed the worst. The one-time wonder Beto O\u2019Rourke is at 5 percent, behind every other first-tier candidate.<\/p>\n
You can thank, or blame, women who make up almost 58 percent of the primary electorate for Beto\u2019s decline. Disproportionately, they don\u2019t like him.<\/p>\n
According to my unscientific poll asking every woman I see, Beto reminds them of the worst boyfriend they ever had: self-involved, convinced of his own charm, chronically late if he shows up at all, worth a meal or two but definitely not marriage material. When he should be home with the kids or taking out the trash, he\u2019s jamming with his garage band or skateboarding at Whataburger. He\u2019s \u201cin and out of a funk\u201d which requires long and meaningful runs to clear his head. Every thought he has is transcendent, worthy of being narrated, videotaped, and blogged. He is always out finding himself. At age 46, the man asking to run the country is currently lost.<\/p>\n