A Not Ready For Prime Time Candidate

Beto O'Rourke has come crashing into out lives, complete with a tall, lean stature, a flowing shock of just-the-right-touch-of- gray hair and a sincere smile. If you squint just so, you just may see a Kennedy-esque reboot.

Problem is, he doesn't seem to be the real thing. Instead of telling us how he may lead the nation from its current malaise with specifics, he is caught between instant adulation -- afforded to almost any Democrat ready to unseat the hated current President -- and doubters who are beginning to wonder if there is anything beyond that hopeful countenance and personality. He is being roundly criticized for avoiding specificity, instead relying on platitudes of how we must all come together, this is our time, blah, blah, blah.

My quick take: Beto is a hybrid - part the Peter Sellers portrayal of Chauncey Gardiner in "Being There," and part Pete Davidson, SNL's man-child.

It would be amazing if someone who not only has lost a U.S, Senate race to Ted Cruz but who also has the audacity to be white and male in a world clamoring for anything but could garner enough interest to even compete for Vice Presidential consideration.

Perhaps the several dozen other Democratic candidates who surely will populate the debate stage in the coming year will knock each other out, thereby clearing a path for this Robert-turned-name that-sounds- kinda-diverse President wannabe. The take here is that once potential voters realize that rolled-up shirt sleeves and jeans don't solve problems any better than a too-long red tie, they will opt for gender and racial diversity.

Oh, so you think Bernie or Joe have a shot?