2024 USA Election: Wishin' and Hopin'

[Stavros]

So here we are, a year before campaigning normally starts, and these are the declared runners and riders who are a wishin' and a hopin' to become President.

Nimrata Nikki Haley, Republican -if you don't know who she is, you might want to find out. Or not.

Donald J Trump, Republican -the Fake President who has lost every election he was a candidate in, not the best basis on which to seek the nomination.

Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican- apparently known only to viewers of Fox News, and given his views, not going to be known to many more.
Rich Jerk Runs For President Because 'Woke Capitalism' Is Bad (gizmodo.com)

Ron De Santis, Republican -oh go on, Ron, run!

John Bolton, Republican -because there's a war on, and I do war.

Mike Pence, Republican -will he? Won't he? Who cares?

Marianne Williamson, Democrat -who? Indeed! Even this link doesn't inspire much curiosity.
Self-help author Marianne Williamson reveals long-shot 2024 primary bid against Joe Biden (yahoo.com)

Joe Biden, Democrat -and why not? He thinks he can do it, and so does his wife, so what do Americans want?

Is this the campaign song?

[KnightHawk 2.0]

@Stavros:The MAGA Party has terrible candidates for the Republican Nomination.Most Americans will vote to re-elect Joe Biden for a second term as president,and to prevent the MAGA King Donald Trump from ever becoming president again,because it'll be alot worse than his first term. Yes it is the campaign song.

[MrFanti]

@Stavros:The MAGA Party has terrible candidates for the Republican Nomination.Most Americans will vote to re-elect Joe Biden for a second term as president,and to prevent the MAGA King Donald Trump from ever becoming president again,because it'll be alot worse than his first term. Yes it is the campaign song.

I used to like Biden - until he decided he could determine whether or not I was Black.....
I do like what Andrew Yang has been doing though....

[filghy2]

I'll say it yet again.
I support Tulsi Gabbard - who would make a much better POTUS than Biden IMHO....

I do like what Andrew Yang has been doing though....

Let's hope this ages better than your previous enthusiasm (now MAGA favourite).

[Stavros]

I used to like Biden - until he decided he could determine whether or not I was Black.....
I do like what Andrew Yang has been doing though....

Sorry, don't understand this. Must have missed something.

[filghy2]

Sorry, don't understand this. Must have missed something.

I assume he's referring to this comment. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/22/bide...-or-trump.html

It's interesting that Mr F seems more concerned about one Biden comment (which he apologised for) than he is about Trump's long history of encouraging bigots and fraternising with white supremacists.

[filghy2]

Interesting article on Ron De Santis's history of shape-shifting to advance his career according to which way the political winds were blowing. https://www.vox.com/politics/2362271...al-opportunism

Right-wing politics seems to have degenerated into a perfomative game of pandering to the prejudices of their voters. Whatever one's view on the policies of Thatcher and Reagan, they did at least appear to be acting out of a genuine conviction.

[filghy2]

Those Republicans who have welcomed De Santis as a counter to Trump may be in for an unpleasant surprise. It's looking like he intends to try to win the nomination by competing with Trump to appeal to the MAGA America First crowd.
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/...publican-split

When a person describes Russia's brutal invasion as a "territorial dispute" that is pretty disingenuous.

This raises a couple of questions:
1. If you agree with Trump on most things then what is your argument for why Republicans should vote for your rather than him?
2. If it comes down to electability, how is trying to out-MAGA Trump going to win over swinging voters who dislike Trump?

[Stavros]

The question raised as it has been done here before, is: How do Republicans appeal to voters who do not normally vote for them, and do they even care about them? De Santis is no different from the others in appealing only to those voters who support the party position on firearms and the 2nd Amendment, anti-Abortion strategies, border hysteria, 'charter schools' and an hostility to Critical Race Theory that is so ignorant of this school of jurisprudence as to be little more than anti-Black racism.

Is it the case that Republicans know they cannot win the popular vote (as Nikki Haley pointed out in her speech the other week), but can win the Electoral College, even if it means using voter suppression, and newly elected State/Election officials to manipulate the vote? If this is true it suggest the 2024 election is going to descend into chaos fairly quickly if Biden is re-elected, assuming he is the candidate.

But what legitimacy would such a Republican have if barely 30% of the voters vote for him or her, and the evidence of 'rigging' on their side if clear?

[MrFanti]

@Stavros:The MAGA Party has terrible candidates for the Republican Nomination.Most Americans will vote to re-elect Joe Biden for a second term as president,and to prevent the MAGA King Donald Trump from ever becoming president again,because it'll be alot worse than his first term. Yes it is the campaign song.

Let's also not forget that Black America support for Harris was so abysmal - she dropped out of contention without even making it to the primaries.

Kamala Harris flames out: Black people didn't trust her, and they were wise not to
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...mn/2638096001/