Posted on 08/01/2025 6:48:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It’s been six months. Talk about early handicapping…
“Independents, who often determine winners in close elections, are less positive than negative, 28% favorable to 53% unfavorable.”
Can someone explain this to me? Of course, *Dems* are going to hate him like they hate any living Republican. But independents? Why the lopsided hate among alleged “independents”? Because other than mere partisanship, I don’t quite get what’s to dislike so much about JDV. He seems like a good guy to me. He’s got a great biography (cf. Hillbilly Elegy), made something out of life after a difficult childhood, served in the Marines, is a family man. Seems to me that to hate him, is to hate what good and decent about America.
When President Vance takes office, he could appoint Trump as a temporary advisor and a lot of time off.
If Trump is popular in 2028, then Trump will run. He will find a way, and I hope he is healthy enough to do so.
Republicans never seem to care or do a good job at making themselves likeable across vast swaths.
We’ve definitely got a deeper bench than the Democrats. Vance is popular and has the VP experience to his advantage. Rubio has done incredibly and surprisingly well while serving in the Trump administration. DeSantis probably has the best regard of getting things accomplished.
It’s still earlier. Oftentimes there is a dark horse emerging from the shadows. I’m open to considering a strong conservative breaking into the lineup during the next three years.
It at least looks like we won’t have a McCain or a Romney.
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I can speak for myself as a Republican — there are some figures I really like in more legislative (Senate/House) or more minor positions. But president, even mayor/governor - the chief executive - I look for different things…
Sure, I totally get it that you as a GOP voter can prefer some other Republican for president over JDV. No issue with that. What I don’t get is why he’d be viewed *unfavorably* by alleged independents. What did he do to deserve that? He seems like a decent guy, family man, Marine, someone who pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Why the hate? Is it mere fallout from having been bashed as some kind of “weirdo” by Tim Walz and then that theme being picked up and amplified by the MSM?
Trump’s record is likely to be very good on the economy, border and the US position in the world.
That’s a very good starting position. Vance/Rubio is the odds on favorite right now.
Vance is obviously the favorite at the moment. I’m guessing that might not last as the time approaches. His wife will probably be a turnoff to some who don’t want the nation’s first lady to be a practicing Hindu. It wouldn’t surprise me if, in mid to late 2008, it comes down to DeSantis, Rubio, or an emerging conservative relative unknown.
Future President Vance will do just fine in the election because he gets to run against the Democrats.
History is not on JD’s side for 2 terms. It’s only happened like 5 times, and 2 of those were non-consecutive.
No president who has served TWO terms, sand part of one being president due to the death of the president, when he or she was the VEEP, is allowed to RUN for a third term!
And on top of the law, Trump will be in his early 80s, in 2028 and deserves to go back to private life after having gallantly served as president for TWO FULL terms, after having been cheated out of his consecutive one.
George H.W. Bush, ...bec(a)me the first incumbent vice president to be elected president since Martin Van Buren.
You don't understand? It's not hard. First, if your a Republican, you will get unremitting bad press, and constantly made to look bad.
But, since the time of Reagan, Republican candidates seem to go out of their way to not make themselves look unlikable. I don't know what it is, but it's pretty consistent. And all somehow, all the good things they have done/or good facets to their personality, they will never push that through to the media. Everything that might make them appeal to independents, they keep hidden. I don't understand why, but they keep doing it.
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