He thought he was the next Rubio or Obama. Spend as little time in the senate and look like you are going somewhere. Dont actually pay your dues, just go straight to the White House.
Absolutely agree with you. He had every chance of getting on the national stage with the other 18 candidates and could have presented an alternative but he choose not to do so.
Its almost cowardly in my opinion to come back afterwards to present an alternative.
Maybe he is trying to present an opposition stance to some of Mr Trump’s liberal views but there is a time and place for it and not now IMHO.