RFK Jr. may drop out, but he could still alter a tight presidential race. Trump is banking on it

CNN ^ | 8/23/24 | Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Aaron Pellish, CNN

[DallasBiff]

CNN —

For the better part of the past year, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built and maintained a small but significant base of support for his quixotic White House bid, the two major parties wrestled with an increasingly pressing question: Whose presidential aspirations might be most damaged by an independent aligned with the conspiratorial right but bearing a famous Democratic name?

[DallasBiff]

Really the "conspiratorial right"?

Huh no mention of Kamala getting the democrat nomination without one single primary vote. Now that's a conspiracy.

And why does CNN need three writers for this article?

[ClearCase_guy]

The “conspiratorial right” has been correct about just about everything.

[joshua c]

if he drops out

how does that affect his censorship case

court just said he had standing cuz he is a presidential candidate

[cgbg]

More “objective” journalism—aka name calling and slandering.

[chuckee]

I see RFK withdrew from the race in Az yesterday but not nationally yet. Here in Az polls are showing RFK taking more votes from Trump then Harris because of the number of Never Trump Republicans using him as a receptacle to throw away their votes. In Michigan, it is the other way around with the Hamas crowd using RFK as a receptacle to throw away their votes. I am wondering if Trump and RFK agreed it would be more helpful just to withdraw from battlegrounds where he is hurting Trump and stay in the ones where he is hurting Harris.If so, sounds like a good strategy