libertpaulian
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 05, 2019, 09:37:16 PM » |
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« edited: December 05, 2019, 09:54:03 PM by libertpaulian »
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This year, we've seen a gay, Millennial, mayor of a barely-six figures-populated Midwestern city defy expectations in the polls. He's leading the pack in Iowa and New Hampshire, and starting to make himself known in Nevada and South Carolina. He's also starting to nibble at Bernie's heels for third place in national polling. How far he gets is anyone's guess. In any normal election, he'd be lucky to poll 2-3% nationally and get fifth place in Iowa. One year ago, I didn't expect him to run. I knew about him and that he'd run for a bigger office one day. I thought if he was going to go for something bigger than South Bend in 2020, he'd make a run for IN-GOV or IN-02. I'm impressed so far, though.
Now, let's turn over to the GOP.
Whatever Trump's fate may be next November, the GOP race is wide open 4 years from now. We'll probably see familiar faces, like VP Pence, Gov. DeSantis, former Gov. Haley, Sen. Hawley, et al., make a go for it. However, as we learned in 2015, the most unexpected person can break out.
Who in the GOP right now do you think could be the equivalent of Mayor Pete? His/her sexual orientation, gender, marital status, etc. does not matter. All that matters is that they're in a governmental position that normally would not be a springboard for President.
NOTE: Statewide offices, such as AG, Treasurer, etc. are not preferable, but I won't care if you share them.
One example off the top of my head is Nick Freitas, state legislator from Virginia. Someone who comes from the Paulist/Amash wing of the GOP who tries to espose a conservatarian political philosophy without trying to piss off the Trumpster s too much.
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