Why Democrats are begging Trump to start 2024 right now

[Gunny]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/dems-dreaming-of-trump-pre-midterm-announcement-00045969

Not only desperate and despicable on the left's part, but their expected results are probably accurate.

[fj1200]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/dems-dreaming-of-trump-pre-midterm-announcement-00045969

Not only desperate and despicable on the left's part, but their expected results are probably accurate.

I'm guessing that he won't, even though there are some rumblings, because his picks could crater the expected red wave and it wouldn't look good for him. There's too much downside for him to get in this early. If he does and his picks crater then he looks the loser. If he does and his picks do well then he gets the benefit he would have gotten anyway. Of course my record of predicting what he will do is pretty awful.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I have found that it is always better for the person and for this nation to not ever do what the worthless ffing dems want.
The dem party is now and has been for a longtime- an avowed enemy of this nation , our freedoms and our Constitution.
And I'll call any person a liar, else a denier and a fool that tries to deny that sad tragic reality. :saluting2:--Tyr

[Gunny]

I'm guessing that he won't, even though there are some rumblings, because his picks could crater the expected red wave and it wouldn't look good for him. There's too much downside for him to get in this early. If he does and his picks crater then he looks the loser. If he does and his picks do well then he gets the benefit he would have gotten anyway. Of course my record of predicting what he will do is pretty awful.

I'm going with the "predicting what he will do record being pretty awful" thingy.

He needs to keep his mouth shut until after all the Dems that are going to scream "stolen election" cases are resolved and final votes counted. Which he didn't do with GA Senate seats up for grabs in 2020, so who knows?

[Kathianne]

I'm going with the "predicting what he will do record being pretty awful" thingy.

He needs to keep his mouth shut until after all the Dems that are going to scream "stolen election" cases are resolved and final votes counted. Which he didn't do with GA Senate seats up for grabs in 2020, so who knows?

There's reasons he may declare sooner than later, endorsements aside:

https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2022/07/19/hoo-boy-poll-shows-desantis-within-three-points-of-trump-in-michigan-n483759


Hoo boy: Poll shows DeSantis within three points of Trump in Michigan



ALLAHPUNDIT (https://hotair.com/author/allahpundit)Jul 19, 2022 1:31 PM ET

The more these encouraging polls for DeSantis pile up (https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2022/07/18/florida-poll-desantis-61-trump-39-n483478), the more tempted Trump will be to start tearing him down early, maybe even before this fall’s gubernatorial election in Florida.

Which will be risky for both men in the extreme. If Trump’s attacks on DeSantis convince some MAGA voters in Florida to stay home, DeSantis’s margin of victory in November will be thinner than expected. The big “electability” pitch he’s planning in 2024 will be damaged, if not destroyed.

On the other hand, Trump will make enemies on the right if he resorts to badmouthing DeSantis when he’s about to face the voters in a key swing state. It’s one thing for him to attack a Republican rival for his own benefit. It’s another for him to attack one at a moment when Democrats would stand to benefit.

A new Detroit News (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/19/trump-desantis-poll-shows-cracks-ex-presidents-sway-michigan-gop/10087743002/) poll has it 45/42 between Trump and DeSantis in Michigan, within the margin of error. Anxiety must be rising at Mar-a-Lago over numbers like that. Yesterday I speculated that enough discouraging data for Trump might get him to reconsider running or to drop out early on some pretext if he does. But, Trump being Trump, it’s equally possible that it’ll lead him to go scorched-earth on his rival before DeSantis is prepared in hopes of halting the governor’s rise.


Trump’s favorability rested at 76% in the July 13-15 poll compared to the 84% favorability margin he garnered in a poll of primary voters in early May that was conducted by Czuba’s Glengariff Group and commissioned by The Detroit Regional Chamber…
When asked about a prospective Trump-DeSantis matchup, college-educated Republicans said they supported DeSantis by a 51% to 37% margin, while Republican voters with a high school diploma supported Trump 55% to 29%.


Among “Trump Republicans,” or those who indicated they were more a supporter of Trump than the party, Trump led the race against DeSantis 71% to 24%; and among “Classic Republicans,” those who answered they were more a supporter of the Republican Party than Trump, DeSantis led 53% to 33%, according to the poll.

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[fj1200]

There's reasons he may declare sooner than later, endorsements aside:

https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2022/07/19/hoo-boy-poll-shows-desantis-within-three-points-of-trump-in-michigan-n483759


It’s another for him to attack one at a moment when Democrats would stand to benefit.

Seems about par for the course though.

[Kathianne]

Seems about par for the course though.

I do hope we have anyone but Biden and Trump to choose from. I'd like both to just stand down.

[icansayit]

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THIS FINE THREESOME?

https://icansayit.com/pictures/VIEW seats.jpg

[Gunny]

There's reasons he may declare sooner than later, endorsements aside:

https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2022/07/19/hoo-boy-poll-shows-desantis-within-three-points-of-trump-in-michigan-n483759



I do hope we have anyone but Biden and Trump to choose from. I'd like both to just stand down.

I will vote for DeSantis. I honestly believe if he is the Republican nominee the "Trump question" will be gone in Republican voters' minds and he would absolutely crush whoever the Dems throw out on the block.

Just as firmly as I believe Trump will/would have to work 3 times as hard to not get anywhere near the votes DeSantis would.

That's as it stands now :)