Steve Bullock Hangs His Hat!

Fading into the limelight. Steve Bullock drops out.

Montana governor Steve Bullock ended his race for the Democratic nominee in sad fashion.

The decision comes after many other moderate/conservative Democrats failed to convince the party's progressive base that the best way to defeat Donald J. Trump is move to the middle and win the "fly-over" country.

"Today I am suspending my campaign to become the Democratic Party's nominee for President," he said in a presser. While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when entering this race, it has become clear that in this moment, I won't be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates."

Bullock has said that he will not challenge Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) in the U.S. Senate race in 2020.

"Governor Bullock will continue to faithfully and effectively serve the people of Montana as their governor," said his campaign spokeswoman Galia Slayen. "While he plans to work hard to elect Democrats in the state and across the country in 2020, it will be in his capacity as a governor and senior voice in the Democratic Party --- not as a candidate for the U.S. Senate."

Bullock said he doesn't have interest in running for the U.S. Senate. But like John Hickenlooper, the talk is still around and it's likely he will change his mind if the opportunity favored him.

Bullock was one of the candidates who didn't get the opportunity to address his issues to the masses.

Constantly polling below the requirements, Bullock and others who didn't make the debate stage were struggling.

Bullock said on Monday that he "entered this race as a voice to win back the places we lost, bridges divides and rid our system of the corrupting influence of dark money" and even though he is ending his campaign, he leaves "this race filed with gratitude and optimism, inspired and energized by the good people I've had the privilege of meeting over the course of the campaign."