Thursday, August 10, 2023
Political Mayhem Thursday: Debates coming!
In just a few weeks, on August 23, we will have the first Republican primary debate. At least nine candidates have qualified: Mike Pence, Ron Desantis, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Doug Burgum.
Trump isn't expected to participate (why would he?), but the rest will make for a good show. We can expect that Christie, at least, will take on Trump but the others may well just ignore the guy who is leading the race by a mile. Which is... kinda strange.
There are a few theories on why that might be:
1) It could be that they are all really running to be the vice-presidential candidate next to Trump. That doesn't work for Pence and Desantis, though; there is no chance Trump would pick them.
2) It might be, too, that they are all thinking something-- a seventeenth indictment, incapacitation, death-- might knock Trump out of the race at some point.
3) Probably they all know they can't alienate Trump's base and have a shot. Interestingly, the one guy who will attack Trump, Chris Christie, seems to actually know that he doesn't have a shot either way, and is just there to make a point.
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Another option... if tRump skips they can be seen and heard without his sideshow bs and let people know what they really stand for. It could be interesting.
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