There are some that feel that we should just accept the fact that Trump will win in 2024….I am not one of those….but that aside the landslide I am referring to is that on the GOP nomination….some think that part of the process is over….
When former President Trump confirmed on Sunday that he would be skipping this week’s Republican debate, he cited a new CBS News poll reaffirming that he has a big lead in the race. Trump was not exaggerating the point. His lead over the Republican challengers has only grown as his legal troubles have expanded:
- Not a close second: Trump is at 62%, with Ron DeSantis in second at 16%.
- The others: Everyone else is in single digits; Vivek Ramaswamy (7%), Mike Pence (5%), Tim Scott (3%), Nikki Haley (3%), Chris Christie (2%), Doug Burgum (1%), and Asa Hutchinson (1%).
- Back off: A whopping 91% of respondents in the poll of likely GOP voters say the non-Trump candidates should not attack the former president in Wednesday’s debate and instead focus on making the case for themselves.
- Belief: 77% say the best explanation of the most recent indictment of Trump—allegations that he attempted to illegally overturn election results in Georgia—is that it is “politically motivated.” Only 8% think the claim is true, and the rest think it’s a little bit of both.
- Biden: Most GOP voters say Trump has the best chance to unseat President Biden. Trump at 61% is followed by DeSantis (35%), Scott (20%), Ramaswamy (18%), Haley (14%), and Pence (14%).
- Not so fast: The Atlantic takes note of a different survey suggesting that Trump’s legal troubles might yet cost him support among Republican voters. The premise is that the standard way most polls ask the question leads to answers biased in Trump’s favor.
Predictions are dire for this country….but how can the GOP find a good candidate for the country?
New Hampshire’s Republican governor, Chris Sununu, is not running for president this year, but he has some blunt advice for most of the GOP candidates not named Donald Trump: Get ready to drop out soon. For instance, anyone who doesn’t qualify for the first two debates should exit the stage, he writes in a New York Timesessay. Ditto for anyone still polling in the single digits around Christmas. The governor, who opposes Trump’s reelection, says the former president is a lock to win the nomination if the field remains large. Specifically, Sununu says it must narrow to three or four candidates after Iowa and before his own state’s primary.
“Provided the field shrinks by Iowa and New Hampshire, Mr. Trump loses,” writes Sununu. “He will always have his die-hard base, but the majority is up for grabs. Candidates who seize on the opportunity and present a clear contrast to the former president will earn the votes.” As for all those national polls showing Trump with a seemingly insurmountable lead, Sununu calls them “meaningless” at this stage. “It’s a reflection of the national conversation, name ID, and who is top of mind—not where the momentum is headed.”
Read the governor’s full essay
Can Trump be put in his place? Can the GOP really find an alternative to the hatred and bile of another Trump candidacy.
I think he can be beat but it will have to take someone stepping forward and showing some guts….is that possible?
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“lego ergo scribo”
All radical GOPERS are the same… some are just worse than others .. there are none that espouse the idea of democracy– they all want to burn democracy to the ground and replace it with their own supereme permanent rule.
John that sounds like what you say America should do to the rest of the world…..or did I miss read something? chuq
Somebody needs to remove the perps that indulge in such horrors as Ukraine is suffering and I do not care who does it as long as it is permanently done.
And yet they are pussies that cannot do it without the US. chuq
Insightful as always. Having never been under the spell of a con man or in a cult, it’s difficult to truly understand why there is so much support for someone who has NEVER done a single thing to help anyone – but you have discussed the hatred and fear of the “others” that he uses to divide us
I totally agree with you….I just cannot understand the ‘logic’ there. chuq
What you are talking about is what the traditional concept of Satan says.
How can you say that he has never done a single thing to help anyone? Did he not cause a third of the population to abandon their traditional sanity and replace it with something more comfortable and less real so as to take away their awareness of their original miseries and present them with exciting fantasies that indulge their instincts for self-gratification?
HA! I stand corrected!
I watched Biden on the news today, speaking in Hawaii. In my opinion, he looked hesitatant, a little confused, and very much an ‘old man in a baseball cap’. I am seriously wondering if he will last until November next year, let alone 4 years after that if he wins.
Best wishes, Pete.
I had the same feeling…he looked unstable and frail….chuq