…Haley might be able to consolidate 30 or 35 percent of the party, but the path to actually winning would be closed. Which could make her ascent at DeSantis’s expense another study in the political futility of anti-Trump conservatism, its inability to wrestle successfully with the populism that might make Trump the nominee and the president again.
No she can’t.
You guys are all in on Trump, and none of the things he’s done have sufficiently demotivated the majority of your fellow conservatives from continuing to choose him as your number one guy. The guy that represents you best, according to a majority of republicans.
You cannot unfuck this pig, I am sorry.
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I think the appeal of Trump is that he can win the presidency because he did it once before, but a lot of the Republican party has soured on him. I’m not a Biden fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I don’t consider him a traitor to the country or a wannabe dictator like many Republicans think of Trump. I see Democrats fed up with Biden opt to support literally anyone other than Trump. He doesn’t have his 2016 appeal anymore.
If he’s the nominee, I don’t think he’ll be able to pull a win as easily as he did in 2016. And there’s no chance he’ll win the popular vote. Of course, he just has to win the electoral votes…but that’s a separate issue from Trump altogether. The same electoral machinations that are being put in place for a potential Trump nomination could just as easily transition into supporting Haley, especially once she’s past the general and can more clearly define herself against Biden.
Also, I am not a conservative. I feel like this is a common misconception. I am opposed to conservativism, but I do want to understand it.