J.R. said:
whiterock said:
whiterock said:
Sam Lowry said:
RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:
BornAgain said:
would trump go Independent without Republican nomination?
Ross Perot 2.0
Would have the same result and give Dems the White House. Trump just may do it out of arrogance and spite.
Very unfair to assume he would only do it out of arrogance and spite. You're completely overlooking greed (the chance to bleed more money from his followers) and desperation (the hope it will keep him out of prison a while longer).
Hard to delineate all the fallacies woven in that. Reality is, he can't legally profit from political fundraising, and it's not at all clear how he personally benefits more from 3rd party spite that would make his brand smaller rather than larger.
The 3rd party play only makes sense if he's actually trying to win the WH and/or build a true 3rd party.
He's been very supportive of the party. It's why his support is so resilient.
yeah, the Ole Queen Linday should really help old, fat, yella!
...and the Governor, and the Congressional delegation, and I'm sure a who's who of lesser known names......
It's important that he is able to hold such a show in an important primary state. The order of the primaries matters, and it will matter a ton if DeSantis runs (a near-certainty). FL is the 4th contest and DeSantis should smoke the field there which reduces pressure on him to win any of the first three (IA, NH, SC), and adds pressure on Trump to not just win at least two of the first three, but win them convincingly. He shouldn't expect to have trouble in IA or SC, and this event in SC is important in that it demonstrates that he is executing where he needs to execute and that no one who could hurt him is willing to publicly abandon him.
Lots of time to go, and lots of things could happen. But both candidates are doing what they need to do, small steps, checking boxes, etc..... Trump in particular has an edge in that he is formally in and has no other responsibilities. DeSantis still has a state to run and that will afford him some hurdles as well as opportunities.
If both of them do what they should, we will have a horse-race after FL.
