Posted on 11/26/2022 1:30:34 PM PST by RandFan
Former President Trump met a muted response from many Republicans when he launched his 2024 White House bid at Mar-A-Lago this month.
But his campaign is stirring excitement, and even some glee, from Democrats.
Members of President Biden’s party are openly pining for Trump to become the 2024 Republican nominee, believing he is just too flawed to win a general election.
They argue that the situation today is markedly different from 2016, not least because voters now know what they get with Trump in office. And Democrats are eager to have such a beatable opponent in an election that is likely to be challenging for their party.
“I am hoping for Trump’s nomination, ‘cause I think he’s the easiest candidate to beat,” former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) told “The Briefing with Steve Scully” on SiriusXM this week.
Dean, a presidential candidate in 2004 and subsequently the head of the Democratic National Committee, noted that he had warned his party in 2016 that Trump could win the presidency.
Now, he insisted: “People are sick of this. They’re tired of the inflammatory stuff, they’re tired of the divisiveness, they’re tired of the lies. If Trump gets the nomination, I think we have got a pretty good chance of turning over some more states than we did the last time.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told The New York Times recently that even though he thought a Trump candidacy would be “an absolute horror show” for the health of American democracy, it would be “probably a good thing” for those who want Republicans to lose in 2024.
Democratic strategist Mark Longabaugh told this column that Trump is “infinitely weaker than he was.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Sometimes you do get your wish, although the outcome may be not what you expected.
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I remember many of these same articles being written during the 2016 GOP presidential campaign.
I don’t trust anything coming from The Swill.
Just as they did in 2016. I guess we will see how that works for them. Of course, that being said, as long as the GOP just ignores election fraud, there is no way they will win another Presidential election again. Even in states where they control the legislature by large margins, they refuse to do anything about the ballot fraud that has been prevalent in the past few elections. I suspect they prefer to be in the minority. The money still rolls in, but they have to do very little to receive it.
Carter’s staff believed Reagan would be the easiest candidate to beat compared to Ford as the hardest and then others such as Dirksen’s son in law.
It doesn’t matter who the Anti-Establishment candidate is. The Deep State will not allow that candidate to win. If a Republican does win, that candidates will be Deep State. Another Trump will not be allowed to win. Thank you, you quisling Republicans, i.e. Stewart Varney for not allowing or supporting a 2020 election investigation.
Democratic strategist Mark Longabaugh told this column that Trump is “infinitely weaker than he was.”
That’s an exaggeration but we delude ourselves if we think Is as strong as he was. To a large extent Trump snuck in before. In their minds there was no way he could win. That is over and they have taken many steps to prevent it from happening again.
The riots. Don’t forget the riots.
Of course. Why would they want to run against anyone else?
If Trump wins, he will nuke all of their little fiefdoms from orbit
Hey idiotic The Hill, it’s called the silent majority!
The question is...how many,and where?
These people are repeating all the same mistakes they made in 2016 when they wanted Trump to become the Republican nominee then. Didn’t work out for them.
Well, there is no accounting for the Rank Stupidity of Democrats!
-PJ
“Democrats pine for Trump as GOP nominee”
They don’t. Reporting this is just psy-ops to make MAGA re-think their stance.
Exactly.
Just another tried and true Democrat propaganda to suppress the conservative vote.
The problem with your theory is it equally applies to any other Republican to the right of Nancy Pelosi.
If you believe this crap, then you might as well stay home and pout on Election Day!
Communist-Propaganda BS Alert!
Just like they did in 2016?
No other Republican would have kept his promises on judges or tried to build the wall.
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