Beto O’Rourke Was ‘Born To Be In It’. Now He’s Out Of It.

Beto O’Rourke wanted "to be in it". In fact, he was "just born to be in it". Those quotes - from a now infamous Vanity Fair cover story that ran in March - marked the unofficial beginning of Beto's bid for the White House. That bid is now over. According to the New York Times, O’Rourke "planned to announce his withdrawal from the race in Iowa on Friday evening and follow up with an e-mail message to his supporters". "My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee",