GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley

[Mik]

Indeed.

My sense of it is that while I hate the persecution Trump encountered, I still don't want him back in office. I suspect a whole lot of other people feel the same way.

[Horace]

@89th said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-south-carolina-editorial-board-calls-for-gop-to-clear-the-field-for-haley-to-battle-trump/ar-AA1iHkZF

That would be smart if they don’t want a repeat of the 2016 primary plurality path that Trump used to win.

Yep.

[Jolly]

Don't know if that would work, even if they cleared the field. Nationally, Trump is at 59% in the nafional averages...

[Mik]

But can he win? I have serious doubts. If he doesn't, he's seriously damaged the party. It's time for him to go.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

But can he win? I have serious doubts. If he doesn't, he's seriously damaged the party. It's time for him to go.

The only thing that matters right now is if he can/will win the GOP nomination.

One step at a time, and I can't see him upended at this point.

[Mik]

Disagree. Of course, I think he will hurt the party if he wins both too.

[Horace]

There is no doubt that large factions of the self righteous, bloodthirsty left, are hoping he is their opponent. The good vs evil messaging will be thick in the atmosphere, and all the usual suspects will take their opportunity to sneer and condemn and punish all the bad people. They also assume they will win the election.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

One step at a time, and I can't see him upended at this point.

He could get shivved in Georgia State Prison.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

@Jolly said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

One step at a time, and I can't see him upended at this point.

He could get shivved in Georgia State Prison.

Doubt seriously that happens.

[Mik]

He’d never be in genpop, and I suspect he’d be pretty popular anyway.

[Jolly]

With a Secret Service detail...

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

@jon-nyc said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

@Jolly said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

One step at a time, and I can't see him upended at this point.

He could get shivved in Georgia State Prison.

Doubt seriously that happens.

Let a man dream, Jolly. Let a man dream.

[Jolly]

Oh, I think it would be a hoot if he's reelected.

Especially if he's convicted of something...

[Renauda]

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

He’d never be in genpop, and I suspect he’d be pretty popular anyway.

Yeah, he’d be in with the convicted mob bosses.

[Copper]

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

I still don't want him back in office.

Wouldn't it be nice to see competing positives instead of competing negatives?

[Mik]

It would indeed be nice to vote for rather than against.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

It would indeed be nice to vote for rather than against.

No longer possible in today's media world.

[Mik]

I voted for in 2012, happily. I hope to do so in 24.

[Copper]

@Mik said in GOP Presidential hopefuls should clear the field for Haley:

I voted for in 2012, happily. I hope to do so in 24.

72 For (and against)
76 For
80 For
84 For
88 For
92 For!
96 For
00 For
04 For
08 Against
12 Against
16 For (and Against!)
20 Against (and no opinion)

For your reference:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Presidential-Election-Results-1788863

[Mik]

We're pretty similar in that respect.

76 For Ford
80 For Anderson (I voted for an independent to be able to run)
84 For Reagan
88 For Bush (who I liked in 80)
92 For Bush
96 For Dole
00 For Bush
04 For Bush
08 For McCain
12 For Romney
16 Against both of them - Johnson
20 Against Biden