instead he got swallowed up by buttigieg's rise and joe biden's launch and by the time it was may or june in the summer, he was already in the back of the pack and could never really regain it. it wasn't until after the shooting in el paso that he found something profound enough to explain why he was running and what he was about. and by then it was already kind of set in stone. by the time he dropped out, he had a robust campaign operation in three of the four early states. he had a serious operation in el paso with operatives who other campaigns will now very much be trying to hire. and he couldn't fund it. there was not enough money there to keep going. and with all these new polls out today, he's no closer to qualifying for the november debate. if he hasn't made that debate stage, it would have been over then, whether he liked it or not. >> what lesson does your democratic party take away from beto o'rourke's campaign, the reboot that garrett is describe, the passion he clearly felt after events interceded? what do democrats do with his