please run
Posted on 08/20/2022 5:07:43 PM PDT by conservative98
There’s simply no market for this among Republicans. On top of it, Cheney’s alienation from her party is likely to build on itself. Already, she has said that she’d “find it very difficult” to support Ron DeSantis, the leading Republican alternative to Trump. In so doing, she is identifying herself with a fraction of a fraction of the party that is so small it is all but nonexistent.
If she ran in a primary, she’d be firmly in the Larry Hogan lane, which might constitute about 5 percent of the Republican electorate total. It’s quite possible that those voters are themselves so disaffected from the GOP that Cheney wouldn’t be denying them to any other non-Republican candidate. But if that’s wrong, or if she got some traction, she’d only be taking voters from some other, more viable, alternative to Trump. She might not even make it on the debate stage with Trump, if the party writes rules to exclude her.
What possibly would make such a run worth the risk of, at least at the margins, making it more likely that Trump wins the nomination again?
An independent run wouldn’t make any more sense. Again, her share of the vote would likely be tiny. In 2020, Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgenson got 1.18 percent of the vote. Even if Cheney could get more, the chances are that she’d be a place for Republicans repulsed by Trump to park their votes rather than go all the way to Biden. This means, just as with a prospective primary run, she’d be helping Trump at the margins.
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I’ve got a better chance.
“she’d be a place for Republicans repulsed by Trump to park their votes rather than go all the way to Biden.”
Sounds like she already has the National Review vote (such as it is) locked up.
Already, she (Liz Cheney) has said that she’d “find it very difficult” to support Ron DeSantis, the leading Republican alternative to Trump. ...DeSantis never at any time presented himself as such a thing, Lowry. Do not presume to speak for him.
Duh. They’re finally starting to figure it out. I hope she runs.
1) she’ll only humiliate herself yet further
2) Any votes she peels away will be from the Democrat.
I agree. I hope she runs. Most politicians would try to neutralize Cheny. Trump will feed her, troll her, and then use her like a pump handle.
She will bring an even larger Republican turnout, and she will split the Democrat vote not the Republican vote.
That's how good PDJT is at election work.
Cheney would flame out faster than Kamala Harris did in 2020.
What a delusional idiot...she loses he house seat 70% to 30% and thinks she can get elected president!!! Hint to Liz.... when the people who know you the best hate your guts you are on the wrong tract!!!!
There is a sucker born every minute.
Who would pay to hear Rich Lowry?
The Bush League were pushing for DeSantis as an alternative, anyone but Trump.
Rich Lowry warning liz not to run 12 '24 cause it might help trump ...
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Trump smoked every 2016 challenger. Right Jeb?
Let’s just keep that to ourselves.
It looks like the only way we can hold on to Liz Cheney is to run Mitt Romney, we better get to work fellas or we might lose her.
LOL!
Run, Lizard!!!! RUN!!!!
Get those little fat legs a moving and RUN!!!!!.....LMAO....
And call the PIAPS for advice while you’re at it.....
If Lizzy used RNC money to get elected, she should pay it back on pro rata basis if she votes with the Dems against her constituent’s interests.
Lez should run and call up her creepy old father to be VP again and start new wars just like the good old days
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