Trump, Trump, Trump
Donald Trump is everywhere on the news, exponentially more than any other Republican Party candidate for President.
I have long been convinced that much of this is a “conspiracy” by the Democrats and their media cohorts to build up sympathy and anger among Republicans in order to get Trump nominated. And it’s working. Name recognition is crucial to a presidential candidate and Trump’s is virtually the only name we ever hear. Democrats believe—maybe rightly, maybe wrongly—that the American people will never elect Mr. Trump to the presidency again, so they want him as the Republican nominee. Trump nominated means four more years of a Biden/Democratic presidency, and very possibly control on both Houses of Congresses. Republicans have not done well in the last three election cycles (2018, 2020, 2022), and Democrats blame Trump (a lot of Republicans do, too) and expect that trend to continue, especially if Trump is the Republican Party nominee. Again, at the moment, their strategy seems to be working.
However, a “scattered conspiracy” is a little bit of a conundrum, and there is no doubt that many Democrats exists who simply want to prevent Mr. Trump from being on the ballot next November. This is undeniable. There is some fear that, because of Joe Biden’s utter incompetence as President and widespread unpopularity in the country, that America might indeed hold its nose and re-elect Mr. Trump. That is a genuine fear among many in the Democratic Party. The percentage of those who think this way versus the percentage who believe in the “conspiracy” of the above paragraph is impossible to determine. Both schools of thought exist in the Democratic Party. I think most of the “talking heads” of the Party prefer to see Trump on the ticket, thinking he cannot win. But I have no way of proving any numbers, one way or another.
For those Democrats who don’t want Trump on the ticket, who DO they want? They don’t like Ron DeSantis, either, but DeSantis doesn’t carry Trump’s baggage and probably has a better chance of defeating Biden than Mr. Trump does. The “no Trump” Democrats would probably prefer a weaker Republican candidate, like Nikki Haley, who won’t disturb things in Washington very much if she were to win the White House. If they don’t want Trump, who do they want at the top of the Republican ticket? Frankly, I have no idea, having heard no reports at all on that matter.
Regardless of Democratic Party desires, at this moment, Trump’s media dominance and the attacks on him do seem to be causing a backlash in his favor. It appears likely—at this moment—that he will be the Republican nominee. Will any “backlash” put him back into the White House? Well, we are still almost 11 months away from the election, so it’s too soon to tell. Lots can happen between now and then. A lot. I’ll make no predictions right now.