Ready The Clown Car: The First Batch of Republicans Are Ready To Announce Their 2024 Bids

I would love to see a sane, democracy-embracing voice like Romney's in the thick of it, but me thinks you overrate his chances and support by orders of magnitude now.

 

The moment Russia invaded Ukraine, I knew this would be coming. Unfortunately, many in the GOP see that war as "Biden's" (not sure how, but logic and GOP voters aren't exactly bosom buddies) and certainly wouldn't support the kind of measures Romney would likely propose to combat Russian military aggression.

 

Romney will get obliterated…waste of time and money

MAGA is not voting for Romney

 

No the hope would be that enough college educated white suburban people would chose Romney over DeSantis or Trump.

 

that’s like hoping Westbrook learns how to shoot and make good decisions

 

Romney Cheney is a ticket I'd like to shoot in the face with a shotgun.

 

Ten Republicans most likely to be their party’s next presidential candidate

https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...-be-their-partys-next-presidential-candidate/

 

Rubio stokes 2024 chatter with planned book release

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3757352-rubio-stokes-2024-chatter-with-planned-book-release/

 

From an advisor to the future nominee of the Republican Party in 2024:




Looks like Elon playing clean up on isle 5 and had this video scrubbed.

To quote Kanye:

“I see good things with Hitler”

 

Mike Pence, unmoored from Donald Trump, finds his old voice
The former vice president is banking on Republicans returning to more traditional conservatism after the turbulent Trump era

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/19/mike-pence-2024-election/

excerpt:

“Pence is in a position similar to Biden in the spring of 2019,” said Tim Phillips, a veteran conservative strategist who previously ran Americans for Prosperity. “Biden was not at the top of the polls. He was not at the top of fundraising. However, he was a known entity, and he knew exactly who he was. It allowed him to be in a position to win when the campaign came to him.”

The 2024 campaign, however, has yet to turn in favor of Pence, who has said he expects to make a decision on whether to run this spring, though his official announcement could come this summer.

Early polls put him in the mid-single digits with little buzz, despite near universal name recognition. But with a decision on running still months away, he is keeping the schedule of a presidential candidate, crisscrossing the early states for private meetings with activists, laying out policy addresses with visits to the old cathedrals of Reagan conservatism — the Goldwater Institute, Bob Jones University, the American Enterprise Institute, the Club for Growth and Liberty University.

He still argues that Trump was the only Republican who could have beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. He still credits Trump with giving a new lease on life to a “dying political party.” And he still defends some of the Trump pivots away from classic conservatism, including the criminal justice reforms in the First Step Act that reduced some sentencing guidelines.

“I think we changed the national consensus on China. I think $250 billion in tariffs on China was an idea whose time has come,” he said in the interview.
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more at the link

 

decent essay

How to Make Trump Go Away

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/opinion/donald-trump-2024-campaign.html

 

headline says it all

Tim Scott signals May 22 for official presidential campaign launch
The Republican said he will make a “major announcement." The coming weeks are shaping up to be a potentially busy period in the GOP race, with Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence also making moves toward entering.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/30/tim-scott-gop-presidential-race/

 

'tis the season

The revenge of Chris Christie? How he could take it to Trump.
Christie has little shot at winning. But his clear motivation for taking down Trump, along with his particular talents, could still matter greatly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/19/chris-christie-2024-trump-revenge/

 

Can we get rid of these threads with titles like this?

 

Why Are So Many Republicans Running?
Are they bored? Delusional?

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/why-are-so-many-republicans-running/

excerpt:

Dave Weigel is asking the same question many of us are (“Rise of the ‘One percenters’: Why so many Republicans think they can crash the Trump/DeSantis party“). He spends several paragraphs detailing all of the Republican politicians who are running for the 2024 nomination or at least have their toe in the water. In order, he lists South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, ex-Michigan Representative Mike Rogers, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, ex-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. I don’t believe I’ve even heard of Burgum and had never heard of the 37-year-old Ramaswamy before he announced his improbable bid.
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more at the link

 

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Poised to Enter GOP Presidential Race
Wealthy former software entrepreneur is planning a June 7 announcement in Fargo

https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-...-presidential-race-d6676d43?mod=djemalertNEWS

 

The title is great. I chuckle every time I see it. A party run by Donald Trump is a clown show so what’s the issue?

 

related

Opinion: With this debt limit deal, Congress has beclowned itself

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/debt-limit-deal-budget-differences/

excerpt:

The proposed legislation might not be great, but it’s probably fine. Certainly it’s preferable to some alternatives many of us feared.

On the other hand: What was the point of all this drama, exactly?

Yes, we have (fingers crossed) avoided a dreaded default. Which is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Meanwhile, the U.S. government, prodded by House Republicans, has spent the past few months beclowning itself before the rest of the world.
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more at the link

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