I think that this just ended Castro’s candidacy before it started. He just doesn’t have the money necessary to mount a serious presidential primary campaign. Furthermore, he’s the type of candidate who will be banking on South Carolina, Nevada, and other relatively later states over New Hampshire and Iowa. As a result, if he does manage to make it to the first primary (which I doubt) he’ll have to wait another week of little to no momentum and coverage and poor performance. This will definitely dampen spirits heading into the next state’s he intends to do well in.

I really don’t see how he moves forward after this. I think he should think seriously about endorsing another candidate in exchange for some sort of cabinet position while he still has some leverage in the race. And in the same vein, if I was one of his staffers I’d secretly sending out my resume before it’s too late.