It also doesn't hurt him that the Democrats are running someone who is brain dead and they think if they deny it everyone will think he's sharp as a tack. — Hanover
which party would she be more likely to be able to negotiate policies with, in light of the dysfunction that characterises the MAGA-GOP? — Wayfarer
I'm not entirely sure how the details of these things go, but wouldn't she align with the Lincon Project and draw together the Republicans who don't want to be part of the MAGA cult? — Christoffer
So if an independent candidate DID win (it's a thought-experiment, not an actual prediction) he or she would have to turn to the Democrats because the Republicans can't manage a piss-up in a brewery. — Wayfarer
a stable Republican outlier — Christoffer
On Saturday, the Trumpified Missouri GOP held its caucuses. Lynn Schmidt, a Missouri Republican, described the scene in an email:
“There were 558 people in the gym for our caucus. When Haley was nominated, the room erupted in boos. Then they asked all of Haley's voters/supporters (62 of us) to line up two by two in the middle of the gym while the other 469 people continued to boo and jeer at us. We were literally lined up in the middle of the gym for all of our neighbors to see… They called us Democrats and talked about hating RINOS.”
Yeah, Putin's Bitch f*cked around and is finding out! :lol:As of1Feb24[18Mar24[] the "great business man" will be, in effect, cash poor whining squatting & shitting his old man diapers on a pile of fire-sale depreciating assets & compounding civil lawsuit debts ... — 180 Proof
I'd still be willing to bet that Trump will not be the Republican candidate for the Presidency at the next election. — Wayfarer
Okay boys, how much are we wagering?
I’m saying he’ll be the nominee, almost certainly. I’ll give you 5:1 odds. — Mikie
I wouldn’t put it past him to run as an independent or Patriots Party or something like that, but there will be no need: the voters will vote him in as a Republican.
Also, when you say it won’t be Joe Biden as the nominee — care to bet on that too?
In both cases I wouldn’t mind losing money. — Mikie
All right then, you're on. I bet $10 at 5:1 odds. So $50 to you if you're right in either case. And yes, I'll be VERY happy to pay it, because I hope you're right on both counts.
[Edit: personal bets are probably looked down on here, so how about this instead: I'll donate $50 to TPF if you're right, and you donate $10 if I'm right. Deal?] — Mikie
US$10.00 payable to charity of your choice :up: — Wayfarer
Like taking more filthy lucre from a baby! :smirk: — 180 Proof
I’m sad I won that bet. — Mikie
Trump’s candidacy is not official until the Nominating Convention in July in Milwaukee. And a lot could happen between now and then. — Wayfarer
imagine the headline: ‘Republicans stick with Trump despite two impeachments and criminal conviction.’) — Wayfarer
Trump’s candidacy is not official until the Nominating Convention in July in Milwaukee. — Wayfarer
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