Day: January 22, 2024

An Apology To My Readers

It may seem like I am stepping back from blogging recently….I have been a bit remiss but it is more a health issue than I am tired of blogging.

My Better Half, Sue is going through her third round of chemo and this time it is hitting her hard…..so I have been picking up more chores that Sue use to do daily to give her some time to relax and try to recover.

Know that I am reading but I just may not have enough time to timely reply or comment. Please know that I appreciate all my readers and commenters and I will do my best to keep current but know that some days may not be as free to respond as usual.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

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Another Goes Down–Then There Was Two

The 2024 GOP candidate pool just got smaller by one….DeSantis has called it quits and endorses you know who…..

Two days before the nation’s first primary, Ron DeSantis abandoned his struggling Republican presidential campaign and endorsed the front-runner. “It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” the Florida governor said in a video posted Sunday on X announcing the suspension. “If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would do it,” DeSantis said, per NBC News. “But I can’t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. We don’t have a clear path to victory.”

DeSantis began his campaign as a candidate many Republicans saw as a viable challenger to Trump after winning a landslide reelection as governor while Trump’s endorsements fared poorly in the 2022 midterms. But polls showed DeSantis fading, per the Washington Post, even before he officially entered the race in a problematic live chat on X. He had been scheduled to attend an event Sunday afternoon in New Hampshire, which votes Tuesday, but instead flew home to Florida late Saturday after appearing in South Carolina, per the New York Times. “While this campaign has ended, the mission continues,” DeSantis said in his video announcement.

Trump’s campaign issued a statement saying “we are honored” by the endorsement from DeSantis, per NBC News, and attacking his remaining competitor for the GOP nomination. “Nikki Haley is the candidate of the globalists and Democrats who will do everything to stop the America First movement,” it added. Haley told supporters in New Hampshire that Desantis “ran a great race,” per the Times. “He’s been a good governor. And we wish him well. Having said that, it’s now one fella and one lady left,” she said.

One less mini-dictator in the mix….that leaves Haley to carry the banner of stupid against the banner of absurd.

New Hampshire looms and DeSantis wasa nobody, which hurt his feelings, and he decided to step out before he was known as a major loser.

How will the4 elections play out?

Will Haley stick with it until she makes it to her home state of South Carolina?

What say you?

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