Asa Hutchinson still hanging in there. Clearly a long distance runner keeping his eye on the prize? I wonder where his vote will go when he drops out. If his wife- who is still undecided- goes with Haley, there goes his vote.
Goodbye Tubby... Chris Christie, the loudest Trump critic in the G.O.P. field, said he was suspending his presidential campaign. His decision, days before the Iowa caucuses, clears a wider path for Nikki Haley in the second state to vote, New Hampshire. Wednesday, January 10, 2024 5:44 PM ET https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/10/us/presidential-election-debate-iowa
Asa who? You're a savant Tree..... right again on the Christie thing. He'll back Nikki, you watch. And like you said, Secretary of Homeland Security would be ideal. Could he be Attorney General? He is a lawyer right? This won't go over well I'm sure... but I kinda like him. The big question is... who will Nikki pick for veep? Were her and Pompeo tight? Oh and btw... apparently Michelle, did some one hour interview on some podcast the other day. Now... stay with me here... but to book Michelle on a podcast?!!! Uh-uh. She is probably one of the hardest people in the world to get to do something like that. So that begs the question... why did she do it? Don't write her off just yet Tree. I'm tellin' ya....
I don't believe Michelle is on the move to run for president for the reasons I have mentioned. I do, however, agree that she is up to no good and is in motion - as is Barry Obama. They both are trying to interject themselves into Camp Biden even moreso, and are always trying to get Biden to take on more former Obama staff and to do some serious upgrading to deal with the fact that Trump is gaining on Biden. Both Obamas have recently gone to the front lines, doing the podcasts, doing all the media shows. They are trying to influence Joe as a way of saving the dem party from Trump returning. The problem is that they think Joe is a buffoon and Joe knows it. Their credibility with Joe was made worse by the fact that the Obamas and Camp Obama desperately tried to talk Joe out of running last time but then he won so has limited use for their telling him to stand down again. If you listen to some of those podcasts that Michelle and Barry are doing they are basically promoting how good they were. There is no punchline here. The Obamas don't have any better solution than anyone else. Joe is running. They are watching the return of Trump. Even it turns out to be someone other than Trump, it wont be Joe unless a third party seriously messes up the split of votes. It's Joe's party now. Not going to be pretty if the dems do not LBJ him soon. And it will not be pretty if they do either.
You say that in plural, as if Michelle has done a bunch of podcasts.... now I personally don't follow these things, but from what I was told, this was her first--- and an out of the blue appearance on one of these things. I mean it is Michelle Obama for godsake.... a podcast??!!! Uh uh Tree. She's thinkin' about things. I could be wrong, and time will tell... but once again, just like I told you when she went off the radar when they usually, like 15 years running, do the vacation thing. Not a peep. But we'll see.