We’re entering the last two weeks of Joe Biden’s ’24 presidential campaign, and two weeks may be a stretch. The Republican Convention will be over, and the vice-presidential candidate set. Picking one of the names bandied about today, Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum, J.D. Vance, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, and Dr. Ben Carson add nothing to Trump’s electability. Only Burgum and Carson have government executive experience. The rest are legislators.
Setting the Republican ticket in stone will bring forth Democrat’s actual choices. No Joe or Kamala, but one with a woman in the top spot. Nikki Haley sounded the warning by saying, “They are going to be smart about it: they’re going to bring somebody younger, they’re going to bring somebody vibrant, they’re going to bring somebody tested,” she said. “This is a time for Republicans to prepare and get ready for what’s to come because there is no way that there will be a surviving Democratic Party if they allow Joe Biden to continue to be the candidate.”
Anyone following this blog knows I have long predicted what is now unfolding. Anytime after Trump announces his vice-presidential choice, Biden will announce his withdrawal and release his delegates. This action during the Republican convention will dominate the news and deprive the GOP of media attention during their big show. All the attention will be on who the Democrats nominate.
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