14 Sept: CNBC: Veteran GOP operative Bill Kristol is building a political war machine and seeking a Republican candidate to take on President Donald Trump in 2020
He’s engaged with three potential Republican primary candidates who are outspoken critics of the president: Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Ohio Gov. John Kasich
by Brian Schwartz
Sasse, Flake and Kasich have shown interest, according to Kristol...
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/bill-kristol-prepares-2020-primary-juggernaut-to-take-on-trump.html
I’m familiar with that story, but if its posting is intended to imply the reason for Flake’s behavior is ideological and/or political, you are over-thinking things.
IT’S THE MONEY.
It’s always been the money.
LOL! KASICH??? For a “humble son of a postman”, he sure has an over-inflated opinion of himself. As if he could win! What a joke.
Flake and Kasich would get about 0.3% of the Primary votes more than me, and I'll be sitting on the couch eating pizza and drinking beer during the campaign. Sasse might get the 2% Never Trump Republican votes, but he could kiss the rest of his somewhat promising career goodbye.