So who is running for potus on the GOP side? Who will

[GPV]

throw their hat into the ring?

[blueinredohio]

1. Kari Lake

[GPV]

9. Oh, God!

[doc03]

2. Well TBL, Desatan and Pence so far I guess nt

[dchill]

5. The Basketball League? Thin Blue Line? The Bloated Loser?

What's TBL?

[doc03]

10. The Big Loser

[dchill]

15. Aah! Thanks!

[doc03]

3. I think there will challengers for POTUS on our side too nt

[GPV]

7. Mutterings behind the scenes, but a unified front in the end.

That's my guess. Same with what's happening with Speaker Pelosi.

[Karadeniz]

8. You may be right, but it's a shame to not show respect to someone who's done so much.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

11. Only if people wish to destroy their political futures.

[DemocraticPatriot]

32. They will be DEAD to me, if they run against President Biden...

[Gaugamela]

4. DeSantis, Pompeo, Pence (lol), Rick Scott (lol), Tom Cotton, Cruz (lol).

[WestMichRad]

20. Abbott?

[Celerity]

37. Tom Cotton 11 days ago said no chance he runs for POTUS in 2024.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton has decided that he won’t run for president in 2024 — making him the first big-name Republican to step aside as former President Donald Trump and others make moves toward running.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cotton-passes-2024-presidential-run-220100772.html

The senator has been reaching out to donors, supporters and senior Republicans over the last few days to inform them of his plans, according to two people familiar with his deliberations. Cotton has attributed his decision to family concerns, saying that a national campaign would take him away from his two young sons, who are seven and five years old.

Cotton’s decision kicks off a critical period in the 2024 presidential election cycle. After this week’s midterm election, potential candidates — including Trump, some of his Cabinet officials and prominent Republican governors and senators — are set to face more urgent questions about whether they will enter the race after spending the last two years making preparations. Until this week, Cotton was one of those looking at a national campaign. He has spent much of the last two years campaigning across the country for Republican midterm candidates, using local races as an opportunity to introduce himself to voters.

He has taken a series of trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, which host the party’s first two presidential nominating contests. And he raised $8 million that could have seeded a presidential campaign account. Cotton also bolstered his national profile by releasing a book on military history, and he recently expanded his political operation, moving one of his top advisers, Brian Colas, from his Senate office to a role with his political action committee. Cotton also invited top donors to a post-midterm fundraising retreat at the Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, Va., which was seen as a precursor to the launch of a national campaign.

But over the last few weeks, Cotton began cooling on the idea. This week, he began calling allies to tell them that he wouldn’t be running, citing the concerns about his family. During the calls, however, Cotton made clear that he would be open to serving in a future Republican presidential administration. Cotton — an Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran — was mentioned as a potential nominee for CIA director during the Trump administration.

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[Johnny2X2X]

6. DeSantis will not run

Trump is about to ruin him, watch.

[GPV]

12. Does he have something on him?

[David__77]

18. He has political smarts on him.

DeSantis, if he wants to be president, has to go on offensive. He probably won’t and will become yesterdays news most likely.

[GPV]

31. You think he'll play it too safe?

[David__77]

33. Yeah I think that's highly likely.

He would have to land blows against Trump. Like using proxies to make Trump out to be a serial rapist. Something salacious, for instance.

[In It to Win It]

19. I'm curious how DeSantis handle when someone is throws crap in his direction having a microphone

as loud as his own. So far, DeSantis has only fought from the high ground being the governor.

[GPV]

35. And I think DeSantis doesn't bring much new to the ticket. Just more Maga crap. I'd be more afraid

of a moderate.

[louis-t]

13. I have a feeling there will be many candidates.

Republican leadership may try to bombard the primaries with enough noise to drown out the orange anus. It's actually a good idea.

[moonscape]

24. Too many in primaries mathematically ensures tfg win.

[GPV]

36. Yes, but a decent moderate might win back the ABT voters, making our win harder.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

14. MTG? Lake is a LOSER!!!

Both are NASTY women in the way they talk, how they talk about others, what they project in the name of womanhood.

Two women other women SHOULD NEVER emulate. Another word comes to mind, which I will not say lest my post get flagged for being offensive.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Who is Putin going to support?

[chriscan64]

17. Whoever it is

how long before the stolen documents issue becomes a weapon? It's not like doing that is some long-held conservative value. What the hell, throw in "Why are you hiding your tax returns?" for good measure. So much of Trump's baggage is uniquely Trump.

[Polybius]

21. Tucker Carlson

He might go far in the primaries too.

[xmas74]

22. Josh Hawley

He's made it known that he plans to run in 2024.

[GPV]

28. I missed that

[xmas74]

23. Eric Schmitt submitted an FEC filing

During his recent Senate campaign stating he was running for president. Once ot was discovered and people called him on it then he claimed that it was a mistake.
No one believes him. He's running.

[tinrobot]

25. I think Pence will run and carry the anti-MAGA torch

Even though he helped light that torch.

[Skittles]

40. Pence won't get far

he has the personality of a paper towel

[newdayneeded]

26. they'll all stand down.

He'll be handed the nomination. there's been some finger pointing and blame on trump from his party, but that'll go away in a few weeks. Replaced with their undying love of him.

[GPV]

27. You could be right. They're such boot lickers.

[Celerity]

39. None of them can take the nuclear-powered blowtorch that Trump will use on a Rethug opponent, at

least none that I can see running, other than Liz Cheney and MAYBE Brian Kemp.

Plus, the entire party KNOWS that even if they somehow ram another primary winner across the finish line, that simply means Trump WILL run 3rd party and destroy them all.

[WarGamer]

29. I'm afraid of precisely TWO GOP'ers.

DeSantis.

Extremely intelligent. Popular. Young. Rather boring, though... he's be Trump with a brain and better PR.


But this one is more scary.

The Mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez. Young, handsome, charming, extremely well spoken and moderate.

[GPV]

30. A mayor might be a hard sell, though.

[SKKY]

34. Well, there are several clowns who will no doubt through their red noses...

...in the ring (i.e. Rubio, Pompeo, Youngkin, Pence, etc.). But the only names I have heard that I would personally take seriously are Will Hurd, DeSantis, Haley, and Sununu.

[StevieM]

38. It is hard to see anyone but Trump or DeSantis winning the GOP nomination.

Both would be terrible presidents.