“...Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz...”
Was Pompeo on the list?
My frontrunners so far:
DeSantis
Hawley
Further down:
Pompeo
Need to prove themselves:
Noem...the Female athlete bill very disconcerting
Cruz...the betrayal of Trump at RNC Convention still stings
Cotton...his “Trump should have done more re: Capitol riot was politically naive.
I agree with most of your analysis.
The problem with all senators is they never ran anythings. Cruz and Hawley are good talkers, but they are lawyers, not administrators by occupation.
DeSantis as governor and Pompeo as Secretary of State are tops on my list — if Trump doesn’t run himself.