I don't know about that, but whiterock is correct, all roads to the 2024 White House involve beating Trump or supporting him. He is the focus.Ursus Americanus said:Trump is only electable because the Democratic field is inept, if they had a remotely appealing candidate he wouldn't win.whiterock said:RMF5630 said:Trump forfeited that with his behavior after the 2020 election. His behavior, rally and ultimately Jan 6th cost him that right. The GOP would have rolled if not for that fiasco with his legal team, certification scheme and rallies after losing. His sore loser antics and childish tantrums cost the GOP.whiterock said:
seen just now in Twitter feed:I’ll tell everyone what it was right now, though it’s not the smartest fight for REPs to have before a midterm.
— Rich Baris "The People's Pundit" (@Peoples_Pundit) November 6, 2022
When Ron DeSantis is chatting with @kevinomccarthy and Team Paul Ryan behind the back of the man who made him the governor of Florida, it was bound to happen.
… https://t.co/to7Qq4Wlv8
He is a pariah in politics. He will motivate his base, but he will also motivate every liberal and left-leaning independent to vote against him. DeSantis gains nothing with Trump, those people will vote DeSantis over any Dem. This problem is the sensible moderate independents, DeSantis's performance during COVID, Ian and Flordia's growth will win them, not Trump.
Pariah is the wrong word choice. He has majority support of Republicans and at least 45% of the electorate would vote for him again. Polarizing captures it better. And that's viewing it in isolation. Democrats and alphabet media are going to treat any Republican the way they treat Trump.
Cold, hard reality RIGHT NOW, as of today, Trump has the largest coalition available to us. And it's growing. He's going to be hard to beat in the primary. And it's not clear that anyone else can inherit his coalition. Neither is it immediately apparent that building a different/better coalition Is any more viable than cobbling a few more percentage points to the one he commands.
Platitudes about unelectability are going to bounce off him like ping pong balls……