Okay, time to ask this question:

[Roadside Attraction]

Is Jeff Flake trying to set himself up to challenge Trump for the GOP Presidential nomination in 2020?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I think he's setting himself up for something.

Maybe challenging Trump, maybe Governor, maybe just a juicy lobbying gig? Whatever it is, it involves staying in the good graces of the GOP and their owners.

[Caliman73]

2. Possible. His nomination will go nowhere however.

He is not strong enough to be a leader. All Trump has to say is, "This guy criticizes me, then he votes with me 99% of the time. He's gutless". The base will eat it up and Flake will go down like a stone.

[MontanaMama]

3. Maybe.

Women need to make sure he is unemployed.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Maybe...

Doesn't matter to me. The Repub party has been lost to me for decades. Twenty/thirty years ago, I could find one once in a while that I could vote for. Not any more. They've gone full on asshole.

[marble falls]

5. By voting with cheetolini on Kav, the tax cut etc???

[aeromanKC]

6. Kasich is the Primary frontrunner

I still don't think Trump will be on the ballot in 2020. It will be Pence (if he is not in prison) vs. Kasich.

[customerserviceguy]

12. While I laud your optimism

I figure that Trump is going to crush Kasich and anybody else who thinks they can get the GOP nomination. In fact, I'd bet that Trump would relish having an intraparty contender for the nomination, it would allow him to suck the oxygen out of the room with election coverage of a Quixotic opponent, and steal airtime away from the Democratic race.

[Raven123]

7. If so he blew it on this issue. Hard to run as an invertebrate

[mtnsnake]

8. Their base would flush him down the toilet. nt

[blueinredohio]

9. Yep

[demtenjeep]

10. fuck him and any r

they can all burn in hell

the sooner the better

[customerserviceguy]

11. Maybe

But he has zero chance of even being a minor threat. Starting in January, you may never see the name "Jeff Flake" in print again.