USA 2024 presidential election

Religion a much more private matter now in Ireland. We're basically like England now in terms of religion. America wears religion on it's sleeve and takes it seriously.

If I see anything about "God" or "Christian" or a Cross emoji in an American's twitter bio it's like 90% that the timeline is going to be full of aggressively hateful disinformation and targeting of minorities.

It's almost like certain Americans think that it gives them the moral authority to be sh*tty to others with impunity.

Dont most people in the western world think its for suckers?

Not trying to validate Trump in any way.

Occam's razor applies to RFK, Jr: He's simply nuts.

But, I do like the bingo hits in your post.

Gee, Vivek Ramaswamy's a fraud. Who'd have thought! Not even registered Republican until recently, had his Wikipedia bio changed to remove the fact he took a Soros scholarship, claimed to be poor though both parents were wealthy professionals, indicted by the SEC for pump-and-dump schemes, basically a more modern version of the current GOP nomination frontrunner, who stole his money the old fashioned way, real estate and bankruptcies:

Bolton on CNN chimed in with a takedown on how Vivek is just like TFG : clueless, in far over his head and absolutely certain of himself.

That last point is really valid. He's got the classic "tech-bro" over confidence where he seems to believe that he can solve complex problems that have eluded experts in those areas just by focusing on them himself and coming up with a solution. The classic example of this was him being quizzed on Foreign Relations on a podcast. He basically said that Russia should be allowed do what they want with Ukraine and that the Chinese should be able to take Taiwan in 2027. He then followed that up by openly admitting that he knew nothing at all about those topics just 6 months ago!!!

The fact that sociopathic charlatans like him keep rising to the top in the USA is a real indictment of their society.

Very little to report from the 2nd GOP debate. The format was a mess, moderators lost control and simply to many people on stage.

Pence continues to run a wretched campaign, he was actually a solid debater v Harris/Kaine but he has been absolutely lifeless in the 1st 2 debates. You would expect a man who could have been strung up by his ex boss supporters a few years ago would be a little more spikey but nope. He is someone who if serious about stopping Trump should drop out and endorse someone and set an example for the rest of the field.

Christie only seems interested in going after Trump and to a lesser extent Vivek which is understandable as Vivek is clearly a proxy for Trump. I have read online he has been pally with Ron during breaks in both debates. To be fair he knows a viral clip of him tearing apart Haley or RDS only benefits Trump anyhow.

Contrary to what some say RDS has gone after Trump for a while now and seems to be stepping it up. Its likely to lead to failure but heh may as well run a strategy which is not "hope a black swan moment takes Trump out" which is what the rest seem to be doing. However no matter the strategy he picks , he has no razz whatsoever, in a perfect world it should not matter, but its 2023 and a GOP primary so yeah whoops.

Tim Scott is spending a lot of donor money but going absolutely nowhere.

Haley seemed keen to pick fights with everyone bar Trump , as others have said feels like the Harris of this campaign, donors love her but not sure their is support on the ground for her.

Doug Burgam seems to be running for bucket list reasons, but tbf is more interesting than I suspected initially but yeah should not be on stage.

At the very least at least two of the also rans need to be eliminated for the next debate in November.

Despite their great wealth GOP donor's remain idiots. Youngkin if he was to enter would further crowd the field making a Trump win even more likely ffs. He also is nowhere near as middle of the road that some GOP donors may think, he got involved big time in the culture wars to get elected.

The donors should realise the only way to beat Trump in a primary bar praying to God is to get behind RDS or to a lesser extent Haley and force the others to drop out.

Although obviously as Vivek is Trump's useful idiot he is going nowhere until Trump tells him to which makes it all the more complicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/28/draft-glenn-youngkin-2024-gop-donors/

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1707515452472103048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22%3ESeptember

This is a point I can't detach from, since the GOP candidates were announced. Almost every president of the U.S has been a protestant of one form or another, with JFK being the first Catholic president, and Biden the only exception since. A muslim, hindu or jew will most likely not get the GOP nomination in my lifetime. It will even be a long time before a woman gets it. Too large a bloc of the Republican vote sadly believe that a Protestant white male as the only option, due to misogyny and a white superiority complex. The dems were the first party with a black president, first non-protestant president and they will be the party of the first female, first lgbtqia+ and first jewish member to hold the highest rank in government. Ramaswamy, Scott, Haley, Elder, Hurd and Suarez would have had a better chance if they switched parties and ran.

State of the GOP primary with Iowa first state about a month away.

Trump is surging , RDS is barely holding on while Haley still has the issue of the base not liking her that much whatsoever.

The amusing thing about Haley is her bedrock of support is clearly the NeverTrump wing of the party even though in her campaign she has spent a fortune on attacking RDS compared to Trump (pennies ) whose permission she requested to enter the race.

RDS has taken the gloves of the last few months tbf and has tried to run to the right of Trump and focus on policy but when a sizable majority of the party are so devoted to their leader that was never going to work.

Ultimately RDS and Haley are having a fight over 35% of the pie while Trump watches on with a big grin on his face.🙃

https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki/status/1734166139360448599

Fair to say the issue is appealing to Democrats and swing voters. Trump's base is solid, there's no inroads to be made there. Gore is another geriatric, the Democrats ought to embrace their Progressive wing and build around a platform that has broad cross cultural appeal.