Never heard of him... but welcome to the party nonetheless.
Posted on 06/05/2023 2:12:40 PM PDT by Rummyfan
- North Dakota’s two-term Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to announce a run for president in 2024 on Wednesday.
- Burgum is a longtime private-sector businessman who founded multiple businesses before overwhelmingly winning the governorship twice.
- “Doug Burgum does not get into anything he thinks he can’t win,” Jim Poolman, former state legislator, vice chairman of the state’s GOP and state insurance commissioner, told the DCNF. “I think he genuinely believes he can win, and I genuinely believe he can win.”
North Dakota’s governor is among the most popular in the nation, but few outside the state have heard his name. As he prepares to make an expected entrance into the Republican primary for president this week, some of Gov. Doug Burgum’s longtime observers and associates tell the Daily Caller News Foundation that the political outsider is in it to win it, and won’t be deterred by the long odds against him.
Burgum, who has already been filming TV advertisements, will make a “major announcement” on Wednesday in Fargo, North Dakota, where he is expected to launch his presidential campaign, the DCNF previously confirmed. The wealthy private-sector businessman is popular across North Dakota, has a good relationship with the legislature and is very articulate, several political operatives in the state told the DCNF.
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Never heard of him... but welcome to the party nonetheless.
But...but...he’s Popular!
Maybe VP - but Trump 2024.
It would be easier to just put everyone in the country on the primary ballots—and then let people who don’t want to run delete their names online...
;-)
“You got some balls risk jockey, I’ll give you that.
Will there be enough room to fit all of these “winners” on the stage?
That Biden is in the White House has emboldened everybody this side of the grave.
Burgum Danno.
A possible campaign slogan: I’m not from Minot.
Tweet from Donald Trump (I predict) ... Sink the Bismarck dude.
Maybe a Dakota double? Burgum/Noem or Noem/Burgum.
More for the “wait for 28” file.
Yeah, he may get the majority of North Dakota votes and you know how important that state is in Presidential elections.
Nope. A lot of us rightly grumbled when Trump picked Pence for VP. But even Trump's cabinet picks whom we all thought were grand turned out to be duds (i.e. Jeff Sessions). The lesson learned is Trump should pick no one with big political experience at either the state or federal level for his veep or cabinet.
How can he be most popular when so many do not even know his name
“Why not Minot?”
“Doug Burgum does not get into anything he thinks he can’t win,” Jim Poolman, former state legislator, vice chairman of the state’s GOP and state insurance commissioner, told the DCNF. “I think he genuinely believes he can win, and I genuinely believe he can win.”
He can’t win.
Either that or to siphon enough support away from Trump, by being the ideal candidate, to allow somebody else to walk up the middle.
There sure are a lot of people who seem to be operating on the assumption that there will be some shenanigans that knock Trump out of the race. Seems the GOP has a plan.
Since Kennedy in 1960, TV and image matters.
Nice enough guy.
Smart.
But, look a that picture.
Kind of looks like he’s got a cilice around his hoohoo.
and doesn’t mind it.
Sorry folks, it’s MAGA time again!
Roll MAGA, roll!
Because the party elite don’t like winning
“””North Dakota’s governor is among the most popular in the nation, but few outside the state have heard his name.”””
The BS coming from Washington is getting worse every day.
So the ND Governor is the most popular in the Nation, but nobody has ever heard about him.
Has he got "gravitas"?
Is this Bill Kristol’s guy?
Is he out scouring for a suitable alternative?
Speaking of Bill, what ever happened to Louis Winthorpe’s ne’er do well brother?
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