| Ryuu96 said: If Trump loses again then the only path forward for a Republican win would be Hikki Haley, Imo. Trump is one of those once in a while cult personalities, yeah a lot are voting because they want to rip away women's rights and all that but a lot are voting because of the "personality" too. Ron DeSantis? JD Vance? Ted Cruz? Don Jr? All these dudes have nowhere near the level of cult following as Trump does, they have absolutely zero charisma, they're boring as fuck even to MAGA. They can't just co-opt the MAGA brand and let that carry them. There's a chance they wheel out Trump at 82, a three time loser, I seriously doubt that will work if he loses for the 2nd time though, especially at that age when he's already showing mental decline. Either way, Harris needs to win first, Americans don't get complacent, this will be an incredibly and disgustingly close election, mostly due to the electoral college, if it was based on popular vote then I think Harris would comfortably win but I won't be comfortable until after the election. |
2028 is going to be interesting because you will definitely have factions within the party battling it out over whether or not to double down on or turn away from Trumpism.
Haley could be a formidable opponent if the Republican Party rallies around her but I could also see a scenario where Trump endorses some bone head like Vance, Don Jr or Vivek and after she beats them in the primaries, he tells his loyalists not to vote for her.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
