So, no doubt some of you thought I was jesting when - on January 19- I suggested that Marianne Williamson might show up to give Biden a run for his money. "Right now, I am thinking Marianne Williamson is a real threat to Biden." NOT SO- YE OF SO LITTLE FAITH. Probably El Concho will be along at some point and say she is too old for him to bonk so she is disqualified. DON'T BELIEVE IT. She would be black and blue all over from El Concho "not touching her with a ten-foot pole." Marianne Williamson planning 'important announcement' in March "As America gears up for the 2024 presidential election, I’m preparing an important announcement on March 4th in Washington DC," Williamson said.
DeSantis having a bit of rough spot this week. He made his first foray into foreign policy- whereas previously he was having great success with an anti-woke theme and that Florida is the Mecca of the new world. His comments about Russia not being a problem and that they are a third rate military are very dicey. Agree with him or not, it is very tricky terrain to navigate these days. People want to know where he is headed with that. Maybe he will do well with that topic- but he needs to up his game a bit there and watch out for the minefields. No punchline here. Just sayin he has reached the point in his unofficial campaign that he has to flap his wings in areas that are not his traditional go-to topics, so he needs to watch his arse. Because others will be watching his arse too. That is true for all the candidates. As the fisherman along the Maine coast used to say "if you don't spout, they can't harpoon you." Pretty hard to avoid some topics if you are a presidential candidate though.
Per the heads-up I mentioned (above) on Feb. 14: It's official. Vivek just announced that he is running. He will be sort of the Andrew Yang of the 2024 race.
Hey Tree.... Where you at with this governor of NH.... Sununu? I caught a clip of him on C-Span earlier doing some blue-hair luncheon in Naples. He seems like a likeable guy. Lots of energy that's for sure. My initial read is he's the type that can work both sides of the aisle and get things done... of course that's exactly the image he was trying to convey, so I figured I better ask you and get the dirt as to where the fleas are.
Funny, the Ukrainians had the sirens blaring knowing full well, there is no attack or threat of any missiles. Typical Biden kabuki theater to portray himself as this strong leader? Of course, the US top military brass told Russia not to fire any missiles while, he was there visiting. So much for that brave, macho image extreme liberals trying to portray Joe Biden as. Epic fail.
He would be a tough one for the dems to beat in a general election and would gobble up independent moderate votes by the pantload. He supported Trump hard at times and the dems will go after him for that. Not sure the general voters care because he was not part of the DC mess. In the primary they will rock him around hard on his somewhat pro-abortion rights position. Not exactly sure what it is these days but he used to be more left or moderate than the republican part line. He has all sorts of real experience as an engineer for year and as a multiterm governor and he grew up in about as hard core of political family as you can get. So he has been around the block. We are not talking Kamala Harris here. He is not really a New Hampshire type New Englander by demeanor though. Probably because he went to school in DC. His father was from Cuba, mother descended from Mideast etc., went to MIT etc. But most New Hampshire natives are much more reserved and economical in their speech than he is. So that sets me back a little sometimes. His high level of verbosity and ultraquick speed of replying can sound a little too glib and political for me. But surprise, surprise, political candidates can sling it. As you know his father was governor too and was George Bush's chief of staff, so he has the political blood in him Anyway, not sure he has any or significant skeletons in his closet. Probably no prior drunk driving arrests that were suppressed, or hotel room stays with male prostitutes in DC so he could be a little boring and the dem oppo research might have to create some stuff as we know they can do. Chris is VERY obviously thinking of running. Otherwise he would not be taking open and rather vicious shots at DeSantis. If he were not thinking of running, there would be no mileage in it for him to get into that, but he is running stuff up the flagpole to see who salutes. Of course, I don't know what his view is on the war and that will be factor. And with his father being Bush's chief of staff he will get the Bush-neocon- forever wars thing put in his face. Not sure how that will play out. Be hard for some of pubs in the primary to do that though, if they are war supporters themselves and the dems are pro-war these days so that eliminates criticism from their angle on it. I am all in favor of seeing him enter the race though. Many of the pubs are trying to pre-wire the race to make X gets this number votes and that Y, and Z do not get any because it would take away or give votes to Trump or whatever. Not up for that. Put a field of candidates up there that are not a complete joke or stupid and I will watch how they do. Chris is a high quality candidate. I want to see Tim Scott enter too. Chris and the Sununu's used to own Waterville Valley ski resort there in NH too, for a while or maybe still - not sure. I used to ski there a bit. Lot of fun- good memories. Okay, I digressed. As I mentioned above, Chris has that pro-Trump background that he can market but was not in DC so never got dirtied by any associations- that I can think of anyway- and he will need that pro-Trump card to balance out the rino/moderate accusations that he will face. As I said, he will get rocked around plenty in the primary, but he would be a nightmare for dems in a general election.
The problem is Trump. He is not going away and it has the majority support. It is the tragedy of the moment.