Politics The 2024 US Presidential Election

Am I crazy, or stupid, for not paying much attention to the Iowa caucuses? I understand the importance of starting on a winning note, but don't see how it actually matters in the long run.

 

Opinion | ‘How Stupid Is Iowa?’ (Published 2016)

Iowa needs to be the last state to vote. Period. Fuck them.

 

NY Times paywall .


Edit: Trumps wins.

Live updates: DeSantis finishes distant second in Iowa caucuses with Haley close behind

 

I think Vivek is down for vp. I think he'd subvert the vote, he's a young megalomaniac. Loves achievement via throwing people under the bus. Only thing he doesn't seem to do is sleaze on teeners and, if he has one, his own daughter. He's a clean generation bankster pump n dumper. The neo American dreamer.

 

I'm not sure NPD Trump would want a strong (in a very bad way) VP candidate, unless Ramaswampy has been putting on an act that can be controlled by NPD Trump.

Another factor is the xenophobia NPD Trump promotes & exploits. I'm sure Ramaswampy is totally anti-immigrants, except the ones who can afford to go the full legal route*, and esp since his family is safely here. But he could be used to help draw in the conservative voters who support selective immigration.


*The process for allowing immigrants from India & Pakistan into the USA is a joke, a really shitty joke. It's a mix of money, correctly worded paperwork coming from the "right" people reaching the "right" people, & having sponsors.

 

Good points all true.
Trump has praised his bootlicking talk. I think VR would accept, I agree T might not offer the position.

I think VR is taking g drugs because he talks so fast. It's a trump tactic to flood the air with so much bullshit so fast your brain looses track (there is no track) 'Swami is a Hindi so bovine excrement is a sacrament.

I'm ignorant of immigration processes. I wouldn't know it's different for people coming from different places.

 

Haley vs Harris. I see some weaknesses -- real or imagined, fair or unfair -- right away. Haley doesn't come across as very bright (isn't?), she has a southern accent, & she's female. Harris is black, & female.

Don't kill the messenger. The female factor would be a huge issue for some voters.

 

Trump never 'debates' I don't believe he knows how.
Anyone with marginal understanding of a debate knows this so...yeah. he's a shit talker, period. Anything he says that's slightly on topic is straight out of his ass bullshit showing clearly is organized crime frame of mind and method, or his ability to mimic grifti g televangelist

 

DuhSantis has dropped out of the Repub primaries.

Of course he has endorsed NPD Trump (having a demented dictator in the WH is better than not having the Presidency?).

 

Well !! That's cool !
I feel between Nikki and Ronnie, the latter is more the deliberate ass hole and pandering Christian authoritarian.

I think Nikki has a chance at forcing T to be a write in, if the SC can see their way to DQ orange jesus. I'm not so sure NH can beat T for the nomination.

 

Yeah, I was wondering why the news media appears to be surprised by NPD Trump showings. I could see that level of surprise if one of his other candidates took a state.

 

Should Donald NPD Trump debate Nikki Haley?


https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-...republican-swing-voters-electability-e32e2f57


Donald Trump owes GOP voters a debate with Nikki Haley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/28/trump-haley-debate-republicans-rnc/


Hell yes he should. Get him away from the prepared speeches. Make him give actual spontaneous answers to tough unrehearsed questions.