Gop stands for great old party11/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Tim Scott of South Carolina, former New Jersey Gov. However, because they are still all running and I can already hear the criticism of “there were serious candidates, everyone just ignored them,” the list includes entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. look like a serious contender by comparison. The rest of the field are campaigning for vice president, with poll numbers that make Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. It’s also worth pointing out DeSantis’ hemorrhaging support among the GOP primary base, down 5 percentage points since he launched his campaign nearly three months ago. I don’t know, and DeSantis’ people don’t know, either! Are young "online" voters the key to victory? Or Trump’s older demographic? Is the party thoroughly populist now, or reverting to Reaganite fusionism? This is the latest in a long line of staff issues that reveal a campaign with no sense of the GOP direction. Will Trump's trial be televised? Televising and livestreaming the federal trial would be 'a victory for transparency.'īelow him is DeSantis, whose campaign has gotten off to such a slow start that he just fired his campaign manager. Running a candidate anathema to the middle of the country is no way to win a national election. That Trump is neck-and-neck with President Joe Biden in the polls is more indicative of Biden than Trump. While Republicans seemingly have a bottomless reservoir of patience for Trump and his scandals, the Capitol riot, 2020 election denial and indictments have made the 45th president toxic among independents. Setting aside the questions – controversial on the right – of whether Trump should have been charged at all, is guilty or innocent, etc., the man is underwater by 27 points with independents. What – or who – is lacking in 2024 Republican primary fieldĪt the top of the ticket is a man facing charges in no fewer than four criminal cases across three jurisdictions. ![]() Now, by some polls, DeSantis is lagging behind biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy in the GOP primary race. Then DeSantis came out flat-footed with his own litany of staffing troubles and campaign faux pas. In short, with DeSantis we would have at least four years of solid, conservative governance instead of four years of reality television. DeSantis was supposed to be Donald Trump but without the friendly fire, ridiculous staffing decisions, focus issues and all-around drama. I am begging the Republican Party for a serious candidate for the 2024 presidential election.įor months, I – and so many of my young conservative friends – were sure Florida Gov. ![]()
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