Oprah interview 燃料s talk of O'Rourke's U.S. 大統領の ambitions
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic former Texas 下院議員 whose 不成功の （選挙などの）運動をする to unseat 共和国の／共和党の U.S. 上院議員 Ted Cruz last year 始める，決める fundraising 記録，記録的な／記録するs and 生成するd buzz about a 2020 大統領の 企て，努力，提案, re-enters the political スポットライト on Tuesday with a テレビ放送するd interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The 外見 at "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square" in New York may 強める 憶測 about O'Rourke's political 計画（する）s, whether or not he 発表するs during the taping a 決定／判定勝ち（する） on 捜し出すing his party's 大統領の 指名／任命. The interview 空気／公表するs on Feb. 16 on Winfrey's cable TV channel OWN.
O'Rourke's strong 業績／成果 in a losing 原因（となる） in a 共和国の／共和党の-leaning 明言する／公表する last year has 誘発するd two separate "草案 Beto" 成果／努力s led by Democratic 顧問s and 支持者s who tout the charismatic 46-year-old as the 直面する of a new 世代 of party leaders.
DraftBeto.org co-創立者 Nate Lerner said he did not 推定する／予想する an 告示 on Tuesday.
"What we're hoping for is a bit more of a 調印する of where he's at," said Lerner, who runs Build the Wave, a Democratic political 活動／戦闘 委員会 that uses text messages to 動員する volunteers.
O'Rourke has kept a 比較して low profile since his 狭くする loss in November. That is in sharp contrast to 民主党員s such as U.S. 上院議員s Kamala Harris, Elizabeth 過密な住居, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, who have 開始する，打ち上げるd 企て，努力，提案s to challenge 共和国の／共和党の 大統領 Donald Trump and already are visiting the 明言する／公表するs where the first 大統領の 指名するing contests take place 早期に next year.
Winfrey, the popular television personality and businesswoman who herself has drawn 憶測 about a 2020 （選挙などの）運動をする but thus far has 拒絶する／低下するd to run, 供給するs a major 壇・綱領・公約 for O'Rourke.
Lerner said he understood some O'Rourke 支持者s are growing impatient for a 決定／判定勝ち（する）.
"A year from now, nobody is going to care or remember wh en Beto O'Rourke 発表するd," he said. "The 勢い you have in February 2019 is going to 事柄 a lot いっそう少なく than the 勢い you have in February 2020. Beto O'Rourke is a 勢い machine."
O'Rourke and his 代表者／国会議員s could not be reached for comment on Tuesday ahead of the interview.
Winfrey has become a political 軍隊 in her own 権利 に引き続いて her 裏書，是認 of former 大統領 Barack Obama in 2008. Last year, she （選挙などの）運動をするd for Georgia 州知事の 候補者 Stacey Abrams, who 辛うじて lost in November but is 広範囲にわたって seen as a rising Democratic 星／主役にする.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Joseph Ax; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Will Dunham)
