Posted on 11/13/2023 4:38:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates.
But a day after Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina stunned many of his own staff by suspending his campaign, it’s unclear whether the GOP is any closer to coalescing behind a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump. Instead, the fight between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis for a distant second place appears to be intensifying. And some lower-tier candidates insist on battling for relevance, despite growing pressure to bow out of the race altogether.
Meanwhile, Trump’s team is cheering on the muddle for second place with Iowa’s Jan. 15 kickoff caucuses just two months away.
Still, there were new positive signs on Monday for Haley, Scott’s South Carolina rival, who had been rising in the Republican contest even before the senator’s sudden announcement. […]
But DeSantis is showing no signs of going away as he narrows his focus on Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. […]
The Trump campaign issued a statement on Monday highlighting Haley’s plans to invest $10 million in an advertising campaign across Iowa and New Hampshire beginning in early December, which is designed to give her an advantage over DeSantis. …
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She won’t win anything in any southern state.
What is he supposed to do, support his key opposition. I would not vote for Haley if she were running unopposed. I would vote for desantis as he has been a good governor. Trump in case you missed it was driven from office by the liberal IDs of ass press. Ass press has diminished desantis but not Haley. That is all I need to know.
Has Haley dissed Desantis like Trump has? No. Did she call him “Desantimonious” like Trump has? No. Has Desantis called Haley “Birdbrain” like Trump has? It’s very clear to me who shouldn’t be within 5 mi. of the Oval Office again and it’s not Nikki or Ron imo.
Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.
I’m sure we will muddle along just fine without you.
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Stupid question. It’s forever too late to stop Trump
Associated Hamas is the perfect name for the *ss Press.
ROTFL!
No evidence of journalism there.
oh my goodness
Trump dissed his political opponent!
What has been done to him?
impeached twice
russian spy
sex predator
tax cheat
children prosecuted
wife insulted
I will stick with 45. He produces results. And does what he promises
This is called jumping ahead of the sale.
Whoa Nellie, hold up there, Why SHOULD there be any such "coalescing"?
Why would anyone want to?
Why should he be stopped?
Current delegate count:
Trump 0
DeSantis 0
Haley 0
Ramaswamy 0
Christie 0
Burgum 0
Hutchinson 0
Current vote count:
Trump 0
DeSantis 0
Haley 0
Ramaswamy 0
Christie 0
Burgum 0
Hutchinson 0
Current general election count:
Biden: 552,872,666
Trump: 7
How many opuses are you planning to pen in the near future?
2016 was seven years ago.
It just firmed up his support.
People who might have gone with someone else now will grab their bucket and follow him because you have proven that he is right.
Yawn. No need to message me. We won’t agree
No time like the present for the counters to start counting, eh?
Never mind the RINOs that are primed and ready to certify.
“The 2024 Republican presidential field is rapidly shrinking. But is it too late to stop Trump?”
it was too late to stop trump the minute he officially announced he was running ...
The 2024 Republican presidential field is rapidly shrinking…
…whereupon the heavy metals, grease, and sinister rouge collapsed inward upon themselves to form a tiny black hole from which thought itself could not escape…
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