Posted on 02/24/2023 4:04:40 PM PST by conservative98
We are only 20 months away from the next Presidential election, and at this stage, the Republican party should be starting to whittle down its field of contenders. Yet here we are with most of the people expected to run still sitting it out, silent.
It’s true that Nikki Haley has started her campaign, as have a few outriders like Vivek Ramaswamy, to whom I wish much luck. But the serving or former officials who should have started their campaigns by now are still sitting it out. Leaving the ground open for Trump to do stunts like his Ohio trip this week.
We all know why they are still holding back. They fear the battering they will get from Trump when they step into the ring. And they hope that if Trump can concentrate his energies on savaging one of their rivals the former president may have run out of steam by the time he turns on them. There are lots of personal tactical reasons why someone might hold this position. But for the sake of the GOP and the country as a whole the Republican contenders have to break their silence. They have to stop the omerta. It is time to come out, guys.
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Ron DeSantis is the most obvious contender who still inexplicably keeping quiet.
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Anyone who makes it all the way to the White House is going to face a lot meaner and nastier people than Trump out there. Trump is a schoolyard bully... it remains inexplicable, to me at any rate, that the former President still has such a bully-hold on the Republican party. And the impact of this selfish strangle-hold is felt everywhere.
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There is plenty of talent on the Republican benches. It´s high time to release it.
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The “there is plenty of Republican talent” angle keeps getting mentioned by opponents of the 45th President.
It seems like wishful thinking at this point.
I don’t see any talented politicians emerging anytime soon in either the Republican or Democrat Primaries.
The field looks weak & mediocre from my perspective, which gives Trump & Biden a big advantage over potential challengers.
Exactly. I say keep nominating people like Trump and Kari, and keep making them steal it.
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