The problem is the way our politics have been for the last 20+ years it's just creating cronies, no one with new ideas or capable of stepping up and away from the party line. The only ones who could carry the vote would be mini Trumps or Biden.
Romney might struggle to get out of his primary in Utah. You know they’re going to run a MAGA candidate to the right of him and I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being close.
Trump is totally going to run in 2024 unless he dies.
Trump isn't smart enough, sophisticated enough, or educated enough to be a puppeteer. He is a crude, misinformed, megalomaniac. Someone who controls things from behind the scenes would have to have some sort of cunning and forethought. Trump is all bravado, he's in it for the positive affirmation he gets from his cult rallies. You can't get that as a puppet master.
This.
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I really hate the idea of political dynasties, like with a Bush Sr, Bush Jr, and then they tried again with Jeb Bush, Bill Clinton then eventually Hillary Clinton. I mean it's not quite as bad as this push for celebrity candidates like Oprah and a few others but I still don't like it.Long way to go until 2024, and a lot can happen to turn around Biden’s numbers. Or not. If he chooses not to run, personally, I like this idea, although Michelle Obama does not, as yet….
Michelle Obama: Democrats’ 2024 ‘break glass in case of emergency’ candidate
The former first lady is a known quantity with an authenticity that appeals to Democrats, independents, women and minority voters.
Republicans fear Michelle Obama presidential run, ex-Trump aide says
Former treasury spokeswoman tells CPAC ex-first lady is popular and ‘immune to criticism’ – though Obama has ruled out politics
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but could also argue that he's already doing it now. Look at the scrounge of the right, the MTG's and Boebert's of the world who would have no place in politics if not for Trumpism. The journalists such as Tucker Carlson and other bootlickers who continue to fawn Trump as some savant and lauding 'the good ol' days' before they were stolen. Even saying his name in presidential circles makes other candidates like DeSantis that would normally be a frontrunner need to steer the ship carefully to avoid upsetting the base yet trying to craft themselves as the next baton-holder of the party. Hell, drive around and see how many people already have 2024 Trump flags or flying tattered 2020 ones on their lifted trucks or displayed on their property.
I see that more as Trump opened the gates of hell and these are the devil spawn that sprung forth than as him being puppet master.
A straight white male would probably be the best for winning in the general. But the party is increasingly more diverse and female. So that brings its own challenges. Democrats have to try and keep their base excited and engaged. The base increasingly wants a more liberal and diverse candidate. While the EC forces the party to still pander with more rural and conservative rust belt states that are increasingly whiter and more conservative.
Maybe you didn't read my post. You were saying that we have to have candidates like biden because other candidates are too black/hispanic, gay, or female or young. I was asking why too young is an issue. I understand that there are a lot of people who might not vote for a woman or a homosexual or a POC but I dont understand why anyone would be against voting for someone in their mid 50's or something
I’m pretty sure I read your post and my response is still the same. Young white Democrats will encounter the same problems; attracting the whiter, older, more conservative vote of the rust belt states needed to win the EC. Until Texas, Georgia, and Arizona become reliably blue, Democrats need to placate to rust belt states. While Many of their younger candidates are seen to be too liberal, too college educated, too gay, too black, too female etc to win in the rust belt.
Why would a straight, white, male in his 50's who isn't very liberal be seen as too gay, too black, too female or too liberal?
I don’t think you’re understanding what I’m saying:
Essentially, since we are a 100% media (read internet-driven, everything from news outlets to social media, etc.) driven society then the ones who have the biggest public presence are the ones that are known and get voted for. Hence Trump. He had this dark segment of society that loved his no-nonsense "you're fired" approach to **** and ended up sharing his racist and misogynistic attitudes as well that nearly carried him to a second term. It is this silent (until recently) majority type of group that is the real X-factor when it comes to the next elections. But this group was tapped into because Trump had the media presence to be known to them to begin with. This is why you will almost never see any academics or philosophers in the presidential elections, no one knows who they are and those will never garner enough public attention to be on anyone's radar.
Win what? The primary or general?
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