WASHINGTON _ Beto O'Rourke can raise tens of millions of dollars, fill concert venues with his supporters and motivate a group of voters whose help Democrats badly need to defeat President Donald Trump.
But can he do it from his couch in El Paso after his defeat by Ted Cruz in one of the highest-profile races of 2018?
O'Rourke moved from unknown congressman to liberal sensation over just a few months, and friends and allies say he has plenty of motivation to turn around another race _ perhaps even for his party's presidential nomination.