First I w2ouild like to thank all my friends for the kind words during my battle with the flu…..I am happy to report that I am feeling much better and appear to be on the means.

Saturdays are usually my news dump day but I had little time to repair so that feature is suspended for this week.

2024 is an election year and it looks like there may be several independents running for president….even the great and wonderful Donald will have his challengers as well….and it appears that, at this time, RFK,Jr. could be a spoiler for Trump.

If the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll hold true in the election next year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the most successful third-party candidate since 27% of voters chose Teddy Roosevelt in 1912. The poll put Kennedy, who dropped his Democratic primary bid last month to run for president as an independent, at 22% in a hypothetical three-way race with President Biden and former President Trump. Biden had 39% support and Trump had 36%. When progressive activist Cornel West was included, the results were 36% for Biden, 35% for Trump, 19% for Kennedy, and 6% for West. In a hypothetical head-to-head, it was 47% for Biden to 46% for Trump, with others saying they were undecided or wouldn’t vote at all.

A poll last month found that Kennedy could swing a tight race for Biden. The Quinnipiac poll also suggests that Kennedy would take more voters from Trump than Biden, but there are some warning signs for Democrats, Politico reports. He was the most popular candidate among voters ages 18 to 34, with 38% support, compared to 32% for Biden and 27% for Trump. At 33%, Kennedy was also leading among independent voters. “With minority and younger voters seeming intrigued, Kennedy, for now, enjoys the kind of demographic support his charismatic father and uncles generated decades ago,” says Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy.

There has been much talk about some other candidate would draw Dem votes and give the election to Trump.

Is it possible that RFK could give the election to Biden?

What say you?

Is he a ‘spoiler’?

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