USA 2024 presidential election

Nikki is done and so is the GOP primary if it wasn't months ago!

Firstly once the indictments rolled in that was that for this primary as a contest, but still absolutely dumbfounded that so many serious people literally learned nothing from 2016 and Trump. They looked at Trump 8 years ago then and backed Rubio when the only serious alternative to Trump was Cruz who was much more in touch with the voters for better or worse.

RDS tried to unite the Trump fans,skeptics and haters and it obviously did not work out. Haley on the other hand seemed to be hoping Trump would drop out and she would win by default. LOL.

The less said about the Dem primary the better, Dean Phillips has thrown away a solid political career to get retweeted occasionally by the Elon Musk crowd. LOL

RFK has picked his VP. She is absolutely loaded which was clearly something he was looking for judging by the other names floated as ballot access costs millions which he doesn't have easy access to. Unsure bar that what she brings to the ticket though, not gone down well with the more Trumpy voters who initially liked him it seems.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/26/robert-kennedy-nicole-shanahan-running-mate-00149150

Just reading about her and I think I see why she was drawn to RFK:

So basically another person who can't handle the fact that their child is neurodivergent and is desperately trying to find a source of blame for they were "cheated" out of having a "perfect" child.

Naomi Klein, herself the parent of an autistic child, talks in detail about these sorts of people in her recent book Doppelganger. They're rife in the community of parents of autistic children - especially amongst the wealthy/professional class. They can't accept their children as they are and instead spend their energy either on quack cures or searching for someone to blame. Shanahan is just going doing that same thing but on a billionaire level.

We will see in time but I don't think he will have any impact on the outcome of the election. There is no clear evidence to say he will for sure take voters more so from a Democrat or a Republican.

As for Sanders voters who stayed away lets not forget Clinton still did actually win that election. She won by about 2% but because the US is not a full democracy and they have an electoral college decide who becomes president that election result was overturned by the electoral college.

It doesn't seem like the Republican's in the Arizona state legislature are for turning:

Trump clearly sees the danger for himself in all of this:

For the record, Arizona is crucial because if Biden wins it then he could lose Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin and still win

Simply put it takes away many paths for Trump to win amongst Biden's tightest victories from 2020

Interesting. I didn't know that an Arizona win for Biden would give him such "room for maneuver" so to speak. Lets hope the fact that the state Republicans are doubling down on this prime example of authoritarianism proves decisive in Bidens favour.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book

Remarkable that someone who has been working hard to get the VP slot for years would be naive enough to admit to this in a book. Trump may not care to much about animals, but he knows optics matter and picking Noem after this would be a disaster.

She didn't bring much to the ticket before this anyway, governor of a safe red state where about 12 people live. I know some have stated her good looks obviously a plus with someone like Trump, but their are other attractive options who don't have the baggage of been a puppy killer.🤣

I am wondering why Hope Hicks said that Trump was concerned about the effect of SD on the election.

Was she boxed in and there was other evidence showing this?