Who will be the GOP nominee?

[CF DolFan]

In other news, Jeb Bush has thrown his support behind DeSantis.  Perhaps Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney should also endorse Li'l Ronnie!  That will surely clinch the nomination.

Just to clarify  ... he did not endorse DeSantis but was praising him. He said DeSantis would be a “great alternative” to Trump and that he has a “proven track record” and “great platform” to run on if he chose to jump into the race for president.

[Spider-Dan]

When asked if it was the right time for DeSantis to run for higher office, Jeb's verbatim response was, “Who better to do it than someone who’s been outside of Washington, who’s governed effectively, who I think has shown that Florida can be a model for the future of our country."

That is not Jeb cutting a commercial saying, "I formally endorse Ron DeSantis for President of these United States," but it is an endorsement.

[masterfins]

Nikki Haley

[Downunder Dolphan]

Where's the voting option for "who f*ckin' cares?"

[CF DolFan]

When asked if it was the right time for DeSantis to run for higher office, Jeb's verbatim response was, “Who better to do it than someone who’s been outside of Washington, who’s governed effectively, who I think has shown that Florida can be a model for the future of our country."

That is not Jeb cutting a commercial saying, "I formally endorse Ron DeSantis for President of these United States," but it is an endorsement.

Not that it matters but he clarified his point later ...

“I was praising, not endorsing," the former governor said to Politico after his comments were taken as an all-out endorsement for DeSantis, who has not yet announced if he intends to run for the White House this cycle.
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“He’s been a really effective governor. He’s young," Bush said. "I think we’re on the verge of a generational change in our politics — kind of hope so. I think it’s time for a more forward-leaning, future-oriented conversation."

[Spider-Dan]

Fair enough.

[dolphins4life]

The Republicans gained 9 seats in the 2022 midterms.

The Democrats gained 41 in 2018

[Spider-Dan]

D4L, this thread is about the 2024 GOP nominee, which has nothing to do with Joe Biden.  Start a new thread if you want to discuss Biden, or midterm seats, or whatever else.

[DenverFinFan]

National polling has Trump up and DeSantis down.

However state polling isn’t so great for Trump ( at least in a head to head against Ron ) but…Trump is at 58% in a NH poll this week.

Until I see otherwise I’ll never count Trump out. Media like FOX is gonna go in for DeSantis so we’ll have to see how that plays out but as of this update I still lean Trump getting it.

[Spider-Dan]

Trump is currently hitting Tiny D (some people are calling him Tiny D, many people, I don't know about that name, Tiny D) on his votes to cut Social Security and Medicare.  This is exactly the kind of issue that the Grown Up Republicans support Ronnie on but Trump can activate his base with, as Social Security and Medicare are reasonably significant issues to working class Republicans.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1635453812864417792

[Dave Gray]

Trump doesn't give one shit about the GOP or any kind of ideology.  He will burn the whole thing down to give himself a better shot.  That's what makes him dangerous to both his friends and his enemies.

[CF DolFan]

^^^ This.

Am I the only one who rolls their eyes everytime anyone says we are running out of money for SS and Medicare and it will cease to exist in a few years? I mean, we pull hundreds of billions out of our arse to fund other countries but millions of our elderly are going to be kicked to the streets? I don't so.  

[dolphins4life]

Trump is currently hitting Tiny D (some people are calling him Tiny D, many people, I don't know about that name, Tiny D) on his votes to cut Social Security and Medicare.  This is exactly the kind of issue that the Grown Up Republicans support Ronnie on but Trump can activate his base with, as Social Security and Medicare are reasonably significant issues to working class Republicans.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1635453812864417792

Is that a bad thing?  Both of those program are abused and people exploit them, so maybe this will cut out some of that cheating

[Fau Teixeira]

Is that a bad thing?  Both of those program are abused and people exploit them, so maybe this will cut out some of that cheating

wrong

[Spider-Dan]

Am I the only one who rolls their eyes everytime anyone says we are running out of money for SS and Medicare and it will cease to exist in a few years? I mean, we pull hundreds of billions out of our arse to fund other countries but millions of our elderly are going to be kicked to the streets? I don't so.

I'm surprised to say that we agree here.

The idea of SS or Medicare "running out of money" is like saying our military could run out of money: it's a choice, and whichever politicians happen to be in office when that choice is made will soon find themselves looking for a new job.