Will Rick Scott run for President in 2024?

[TheBeardedOne]

Am I the only one who thinks he will? He just seems like the ultimate opportunist and that it will more than likely be his best shot at winning the R nomination.

[Reaganfan]

No, but he will attempt a run in 2024.

[pbrower2a]

The difference between Rick Scott and Donald Trump is that Rick Scott really has some political acumen. It may be ironic, but the close cooperation between him and Obama in meeting hurricanes may have ensured that he could be come the junior Senator from Florida.

Trump hjas yet to show any competence or even humanity in meeting natural disasters. I did not see the Trump-Scott collaboration on hurricanes as effective as that between Obama and Scott. Obama knew that plans to save lives and protect property are best made while the hurricane is predicted to make landfall and not simply after the fact. I cannot be sure that DeSantis will have as effective a collaboration with Trump as Scott had with Obama.

Rick Scott is a shyster, but he recognizes that the difference between winning and losing may be how a Governor or President meets hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

 

[TheBeardedOne]

No, but he will attempt a run in 2024.

Wow, I meant to put 2024 from the get go. No clue why I put 2020. Let me fix it.

[TheBeardedOne]

The difference between Rick Scott and Donald Trump is that Rick Scott really has some political acumen. It may be ironic, but the close cooperation between him and Obama in meeting hurricanes may have ensured that he could be come the junior Senator from Florida.

Trump hjas yet to show any competence or even humanity in meeting natural disasters. I did not see the Trump-Scott collaboration on hurricanes as effective as that between Obama and Scott. Obama knew that plans to save lives and protect property are best made while the hurricane is predicted to make landfall and not simply after the fact. I cannot be sure that DeSantis will have as effective a collaboration with Trump as Scott had with Obama.

Rick Scott is a shyster, but he recognizes that the difference between winning and losing may be how a Governor or President meets hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

 

I meant to put 2024 and not 2020. Sorry!

[Coldstream]

It would be more surprising to me if he didn’t run in 2024. But I think his luck would run out in the primary against more vigorous and exciting (from a right wing POV) GOP Candidates like Cotton, Haley, DeSanctis etc

[brucejoel99]

If you had asked me 2 months ago, I'd have told you that Rick Scott won't ever run for President b/c of the ass kicking Bill Nelson was going to deliver to him in November. Now, though...

Rick Scott running for President in 2024 is certainly in the realm of possibility. The uncertainty is timing. He'd be 70 years old when starting a campaign for 2024 & 72 when taking office. He's young enough & healthy enough for that, but it's fair to imagine that he wouldn't do it at 76 years old, in 2028, so his window of opportunity is narrow (i.e. it's 2024 or bust).

That being said, I'd say yes, he'll probably run but he won't be a top tier candidate. He lacks the charisma or the debating skills to be a viable candidate on the national level.

Regardless of his tier as a candidate, though, I can tell you that he'll run b/c, having had him as my governor for the last 8 years, I've seen firsthand in the papers & on the news day in & day out how he's got that sort of my-way-or-the-highway approach that you can have as an executive, but that just doesn't really work in a legislative branch. I suspect that most of what he'll do in the Senate is try to figure out how to position him best for the option to run in 2024. Case in point, he's already said he'll stay as governor until the end of his term on Jan. 8, instead of being sworn in w/ other senators on Jan. 3. The later swearing in means he'll have the least seniority in the chamber, a factor in committee assignments, but if his goal is indeed to run for president in 2024, then things like seniority in the Senate don't matter, as he doesn't think he's gonna be there long enough to make a difference.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It wont be easy to pick up pieces after Trumps failed promises on controlling immigration and reforming entitlements.  Come 2020 and thereafter.

[Alabama_Indy10]

I don’t think so.

[Grassroots]

I would vote for Scott in a heartbeat.

[Flyersfan232]

The difference between Rick Scott and Donald Trump is that Rick Scott really has some political acumen. It may be ironic, but the close cooperation between him and Obama in meeting hurricanes may have ensured that he could be come the junior Senator from Florida.

Trump hjas yet to show any competence or even humanity in meeting natural disasters. I did not see the Trump-Scott collaboration on hurricanes as effective as that between Obama and Scott. Obama knew that plans to save lives and protect property are best made while the hurricane is predicted to make landfall and not simply after the fact. I cannot be sure that DeSantis will have as effective a collaboration with Trump as Scott had with Obama.

Rick Scott is a shyster, but he recognizes that the difference between winning and losing may be how a Governor or President meets hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

 

this is really bias.

[pbrower2a]

The difference between Rick Scott and Donald Trump is that Rick Scott really has some political acumen. It may be ironic, but the close cooperation between him and Obama in meeting hurricanes may have ensured that he could be come the junior Senator from Florida.

Trump hjas yet to show any competence or even humanity in meeting natural disasters. I did not see the Trump-Scott collaboration on hurricanes as effective as that between Obama and Scott. Obama knew that plans to save lives and protect property are best made while the hurricane is predicted to make landfall and not simply after the fact. I cannot be sure that DeSantis will have as effective a collaboration with Trump as Scott had with Obama.

Rick Scott is a shyster, but he recognizes that the difference between winning and losing may be how a Governor or President meets hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis.

 

I meant to put 2024 and not 2020. Sorry!

OK. I was assuming "2024" anyway.

[Kylar]

It wouldn't surprise me if Rick Scott decided to run for President, although in 2024, depending on how this election plays out, I wouldn't be surprised if people want a younger person like Tom Cotton or Sasse.

[pbrower2a]

It wouldn't surprise me if Rick Scott decided to run for President, although in 2024, depending on how this election plays out, I wouldn't be surprised if people want a younger person like Tom Cotton or Sasse.

Tom Cotton is too far to the Right -- Donald Trump without the current hint of corruption. All that he has in common with another President who really was successful as a Presidential nominee is that he is from Arkansas.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Scott/Abbott would be a good ticket

[Cold War Liberal]

His Senate seat is up that year and Pence is likely to be the overwhelming favorite regardless of how the 2020 election goes (there is also a small but decent chance Pence will be the incumbent). He'll be 72. He may run, but it probably doesn't make political sense.

[darklordoftech]

His Senate seat is up that year and Pence is likely to be the overwhelming favorite regardless of how the 2020 election goes (there is also a small but decent chance Pence will be the incumbent). He'll be 72. He may run, but it probably doesn't make political sense.

What if Trump decides not to run for a second term and Pence gets nominated and defeated in the general election of 2020?

[gottsu]

Another (Republican) hustler in WH?

No. As American politics is cyclical a lot, I mean GOP would end with nominating hustlers once again. That cycle will stop in 2020 or 2024.

[Pandaguineapig]

His Senate seat is up that year and Pence is likely to be the overwhelming favorite regardless of how the 2020 election goes (there is also a small but decent chance Pence will be the incumbent). He'll be 72. He may run, but it probably doesn't make political sense.

Haley would probably be favored over Pence, but I do agree that Scott would likely be a second-tier candidate in a hypothetical primary