?This is where we make our stand?: Beto O?Rourke finally looks like a 2020 candidate

By DAVID SIDERS02/12/2019 08:27 AM ESTEL PASO, Texas — If Beto O'Rourke runs for president, he should thank President Donald Trump for the kick in the pants.For three months, O’Rourke had drifted in and out of public view, slipping slightly in public opinion polls as he vacillated on a 2020 bid.Story Continued BelowBut Trump’s appearance in O’Rourke’s hometown on Monday night served to elevate the former Texas congressman as a potential rival. And as Trump confronted O’Rourke at a campaign-style rally on an issue central to both of their political identities — immigration and the border wall — O’Rourke seized the opportunity to re-establish his footing.“Yeah, I’m back in the mix around an issue that could not be more important for our country and for our community,” he told POLITICO before addressing thousands of screaming supporters at a baseball field steps from the coliseum where Trump was redoubling his call for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.To oppose Trump’s agenda, O’Rourke said, “All of us right now have a responsibility to do all that we can, and this is me doing my best.” “All of a sudden, out of the blue, El Paso’s gotten big on the national radar,” said Boyd Brown, a former South Carolina lawmaker and former Democratic National Committee member now working on a “Draft Beto” campaign.The former Democratic congressman has said he will decide whether to run for president by the end of the month, expressing lingering concerns about the effect a campaign might have on his young family.