Trump

[tufty]

Yeah, that's one way of looking at it.

Polling says that most of Haley's supporters will actively vote Biden against Trump in the general, and a lot of deSantis' voters will abstain. Trump is so divisive that he may well make it so that the Republicans cannot win.

[PFVA]

It's possible. But it's also possible he wins the elections.

The right wing is on the rise here too even though I cannot see the appeal.

[skab]

and Trump wins the nomination in Iowa by a landslide.

Less than 8% of all registered Republicans isn't actually that impressive. There was bad weather and the MAGA idiots are fanatics who will vote for him even if they die trying (their cult leader actually demanded exactly that), so all you got was a "Trumpers voted for Trump". Hard to tell if thay says anything about how a general election many months later.

[Little stoned kiwi]

No one likes voting for a loser.

The more wins and media coverage Trump gets at the start, the greater the effect will snowball.
Then it will be him against Sleepy Joe who will be the Democrat representative.

People who don't want to vote for Sleepy Joe, even if they don't want to vote for Trump or see Trump win, won't vote.
Trump will become president again.

[PFVA]

Di Santis gets out of the race and endorses Trump, stating Trump is better than Biden.

[tufty]

It's not surprising DeSantis dropped out, nor is it surprising he's supporting Trump. DeSantis was always trying to be the new Trump.

[PFVA]

Maybe Trump's VP....

[tufty]

I doubt it, Ron's said some nasty things about Don, and vice versa. I think he's trying to position himself to pick up the MAGA vote when Trump eventually pegs it.

[skab]

I doubt it, Ron's said some nasty things about Don, and vice versa. I think he's trying to position himself to pick up the MAGA vote when Trump eventually pegs it.

That's what Nikki Haley is doing. And rightfully so, she lost in New Hampshire, but getting 45% running against the cult leader himself is actually quite good.

[rowan]

That's what Nikki Haley is doing. And rightfully so, she lost in New Hampshire, but getting 45% running against the cult leader himself is actually quite good.

I can't say I like Nikki but good luck to her. At least she isn't 10+ years beyond any sane working age limit.

I just can't get my head around this about the US at the moment, one thinks of it as a modern / progressive kind of country and yet the best 2 they can find running for leader for years are these ancients who are well beyond their sell-by date.
It's just ... bizarre.

The amount of stress of that position, I'd have thought any doctor worth their training would be saying "you can't be doing that, the risk to your heart/health is too great".

[snaff]

That's what Nikki Haley is doing. And rightfully so, she lost in New Hampshire, but getting 45% running against the cult leader himself is actually quite good.

I can't say I like Nikki but good luck to her. At least she isn't 10+ years beyond any sane working age limit.

I just can't get my head around this about the US at the moment, one thinks of it as a modern / progressive kind of country and yet the best 2 they can find running for leader for years are these ancients who are well beyond their sell-by date.
It's just ... bizarre.

The amount of stress of that position, I'd have thought any doctor worth their training would be saying "you can't be doing that, the risk to your heart/health is too great".

The state needs a leader old enough to have been compromised enough that they can be trusted not to destabilise the system.

The leader must maintain and increase power to secure their own and their network's safety given the broken rules and debts accumulated obtaining their position so far.

The web of blackmail and favours must be extremely complex in somewhere like Washington that hasn't had a good reset in a long time, and depends on everybody doing their part to keep it going. Nobody can retire peacefully (except Bush Jr.).

[zip accident]

That's what Nikki Haley is doing. And rightfully so, she lost in New Hampshire, but getting 45% running against the cult leader himself is actually quite good.

I can't say I like Nikki but good luck to her. At least she isn't 10+ years beyond any sane working age limit.

I just can't get my head around this about the US at the moment, one thinks of it as a modern / progressive kind of country and yet the best 2 they can find running for leader for years are these ancients who are well beyond their sell-by date.
It's just ... bizarre.

It's often been that way. Ike won WW2 in '45, he was elected '53 to '61, Kennedy was younger, but LBJ wasn't that young.

[tufty]

So, 83.3 million dollars awarded against him in the E Jean Carroll defamation case. Maybe playing games in court, calling the judge names, and then storming out isn't such a good legal strategy after all.

[snaff]

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/sta ... 5023240620

"The previous U.S. elections were rigged through mail voting."

"They bought ballots for $10, filled them in, and without any supervision from observers, they threw them into mailboxes."

[RiK]

So, 83.3 million dollars awarded against him in the E Jean Carroll defamation case. Maybe playing games in court, calling the judge names, and then storming out isn't such a good legal strategy after all.

Apparently Giuliani is filing a claim against him for 'unpaid legal fees' now too