BTRTN: Catch 2024: The Next GOP Candidate for President Will Be the One that Breaks from Trump First

[reggieandlee]

Born To Run The Numbers thinks that the madness in Georgia gives all those Republicans who yearn to run for President the perfect opportunity to break from Trump and gain "first mover advantage" toward 2024.

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/12/btrtn-catch-2024-next-republican.html

Excerpts: "So, you are a Republican with a reasonable resume, Fox A-bloc name recognition, and you have spent the last four years cooling your heals, figuring that Donald Trump would get blown out of office in 2020, and that then the coast would be clear for your big shot at the White House in 2024. Imagine, then, your shock and disappointment when Donald Trump let word go out that he was considering running for President again in 2024. So much for your master plan and the last four years of supplication before Trump...
"Call it 'Catch 2024.' If you announce you are going to run, Trump will skewer you by tweet for disloyalty. If you don’t announce your intention to run, Trump just watches you twist in the wind while he keeps all the media attention, indulges his desperate need to stay at the center of the media universe, enjoys all the suspense and speculation about his intentions, and then either decides to run or anoints Don Jr. or Ivanka to carry the family torch... Here’s the issue in a nutshell: you want to be the next Republican President, and your name is not Trump.What do you do? Answer: Break with Trump on something important. Now...
"All you need now is to figure out the perfect reason to break from Trump: an issue where you can take the high ground and argue that Trump is at odds with the best interests of the party. May I suggest that you take a look at the State of Georgia, which is currently ground zero for Republican electial dysfuntion, cluster-fxxk’s last stand for two Republican Senators who drank one extra sip of the Kool-Aid, and the place where riding the Trump train to its illogical conclusion means losing control of the Senate...
"If you really want to be President, then stop swimming in a school of frightened guppies. Stand on your own. Slay the dragon."

[exboyfil]

1. That would be Romney

But he should really lean into it especially after the impeachment vote.

I mean most of these folks have more money than Croesus. The only real thing they can add is to their legacy. Do they want to be a toady for a fascist?

I mean do we need Bud Fox from Wall Street to explain to them what is important?

[CrispyQ]

2. It will be that or another dictator-wannabe,

but one who behaves like an adult, isn't vulgar, & is competent.

America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
Trump was ineffective and easily beaten. A future strongman won’t be.

NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Zeynep Tufekci
Contributing writer at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/trump-proved-authoritarians-can-get-elected-america/617023/

snip...

Make no mistake: The attempt to harness Trumpism—without Trump, but with calculated, refined, and smarter political talent—is coming. And it won’t be easy to make the next Trumpist a one-term president.

more...

At the moment, the Democratic Party risks celebrating Trump’s loss and moving on—an acute danger, especially because many of its constituencies, the ones that drove Trump’s loss, are understandably tired. A political nap for a few years probably looks appealing to many who opposed Trump, but the real message of this election is not that Trump lost and Democrats triumphed. It’s that a weak and untalented politician lost, while the rest of his party has completely entrenched its power over every other branch of government: the perfect setup for a talented right-wing populist to sweep into office in 2024. And make no mistake: They’re all thinking about it.

IMO, the GOP should have impeached the Con the day after Biden was announced the winner—cut themselves loose from this anchor, & give themselves two years to soothe the hurt feelings of the base, & be free of the orange turd in 2024. They're gonna regret they didn't do that.