He succeeds, at least for a few news cycles, the media's previous darling, Beto. And you just know that, if she were 35 instead of 29, the media would be leading the AOC-for-prez boomlet. Which leads me to a somewhat serious question: How will news outlets go about winnowing the Democratic field? Close behind, and this is something of a shocker, is Pete Buttigieg, who no one had heard of until 12 minutes ago. And the era of small-donor digital fundraising has changed the game, so a strong quarter doesn't necessarily show a well-oiled campaign with lots of big backers and bundlers.

Source: Fox News April 05, 2019 07:41 UTC