No unity on the right equals no chance for any candidate on the right.
The name calling amongst those on the right is as bad as it is between the left and right. Elitists, Establishment stooges, rinos, Trumpers. All very nice for the democrats.
Trump needs rinos but won’t get them.
Rinos need trumpers, won’t get them.
Establishment candidates need trumpers, won’t get them.
Independents that are left leaning would vote Trump but can’t make up the difference or will vote Kennedy or not at all.
Right leaning independents would go with someone other than Trump but they can’t make up the difference either for missing Trumpers who go black pill and stay home.
Biden isn’t running squat in this country. He can’t even form a coherent thought. The machine behind the scenes can pick anyone they like. They control the media.
If a group like this forum can’t unite against the left how much worse is it among folks who don’t share our interests.
My work involves construction scheduling for an electric utility and I can state with confidence, at least in my territory of responsibility, that the economy is circling the drain and the working class has been gutted. There is literally no work other than vacation homes for the rich. During my 33 years in my job I’ve seen my work go from predominately homes for working class people to nothing, really nothing, only reversal I saw were the years of 2018 and 2019 and that got crushed by the pandemic fiasco.
The working class has seen pensions disappear and have watched their health insurance degrade while their costs climb each year. People in that position get mad, depressed, disgusted, and throw into that division pumped by everyone and you have potential for a lot of things and none good. Personally, I dread the election because I really can’t see any possible good outcome.
I think other than Trump the two GOP candidates that matter are Vivek and Haley, I think Chris Christie is lobbying for a position at some cable news outlet and maybe a book deal or something. Desantis..... man i just don't know, he shouldve waited til 2028 I think.
I think Vivek can get Trumps base voters (definitely most of them), he could likely get a lot of the anti-war old school leftys (think Jimmy Dore fans) , plus libertarians/centrists, and he can get the tech/crypto crowd. It's a pretty big tent, not a lot of dems getting converted i don't think, but could probably pull
a lot of independents. You also can't discount the Indian American diaspora, outside of the liberal Silicon Valley crowd, he has a message that resonates with a lot of Indian American entrepreneurs, as well as a message that resonates with Asian Americans who have been discriminated against at universities. Generally speaking, he seems to understand the culture battles better than any other GOP candidate, and he can give you the names of the individuals who are pushing radical DEI and ESG initiatives and a plan to deal with them, instead of just saying "wE gOtTa sTop wOke". His Book "Woke Inc." is worth a read if you want to get a feel for who he is.
I think Haley could get some of Trumps base voters (maybe most if they had to?), she'll likely get the "Vote R no matter who" crowd, she'll get AIPAC support, and she could probably pull some dems. She also has the pro-choice crowd on the right (not a huge crowd, but there). The anti-war independents and libertarian types aren't likely to vote for her (this is a decent size crowd), to them she is a female version of John Bolton or Dick Cheney. Haley has expressed full support to Ukraine's war effort, as well as a very hawkish stance on Iran and full support to Israel. She seems to understand the China/ USA problem, but I haven't heard a coherent solution from her.
Just my observations, I'm sure I have plenty of blind spots.
