2024 is already falling to pieces for the Republicans
I want to talk about where the race for the 2024 Republican nomination stands. Before I do that, let me just say that yet another Republican has thrown his hat in the ring, his name is Francis Suarez, and he is Miami’s Mayor. I don’t believe he has a chance. But who does? That’s the question I often see.
I still believe we have not yet met the eventual nominee. But let’s take a scenario where nobody else gets in. Who of the candidates right now could be the nominee? And let’s say that Trump drops out. And the GOP makes a decision that most candidates should get out, and perhaps only one or two should battle it out.
I will tell you who, in my opinion, those two would be. Let’s go through the list. Nikki Haley. Haley has about as much of a chance of being the nominee as I do — and that means zero.
Haley has achieved the unthinkable. People from the left AND the right don’t trust her. This is because Haley flip-flips more than a giant fish caught in a net. She can’t string two sentences together without waffling. She is a joke of a candidate, and she will go nowhere in the polls.
Tim Scott. At one time, he made me nervous. That’s until he opened his mouth and began to talk. Scott is the male Haley. What IS it with these people from South Carolina? Scott waffles as much as Haley does. This is not going to happen, and Scott should leave the race now.
DeSantis. How? His numbers are doing a remarkable thing. They’re going DOWN not up.
I suppose Republicans could coalesce around the people-hating DeSantis. I doubt it, though.
Because the more Ron Speaks, the stranger he comes across, and that’s not including the legendary pudding story.
Asa Hutchinson? Republicans don’t like him, he’s considered too moderate on abortion and won’t get the nomination.
Neither will the Governor of North Dakota, Doug Bergum. I can see many saying: “Who?”
Vivek Ramaswamy. He’s a fringe candidate who’s been in the race forever. Has he even managed to get above one percent?
That leaves two people. Mike Pence and Chris Christie.
Now, Pence can’t win. He does not have the support of the Maga, many of whom want to hang him. But in theory, it might not be a bad idea for the GOP to nominate Pence. At least we know he wouldn’t start an insurrection if he won. And also, his views are SO outside the mainstream that he couldn’t win. That’s a good thing for us!
Christie. I see no path for the Bridgegate former Governor. But — he is entertaining as hell, and many are saying that.
If the race stood as it stands now, I’d predict Pence and Christie are the final two. And I’d hope Pence would secure the nomination because his views are archaic, and very few in the middle would vote for him.
