I could be wrong, but right now the potential challengers really have nothing to lose. I’ll wait for bigger fish to rise before taking talk of primary challenges seriously.
Yes. There is no distinction any longer. Not with approval ratings that high, for such a sustained period of time. Not with the expansion of the CentGov and the financial insanity imposed by this Executive. Personality IS policy. The two cannot be pried apart.
And IMO you’re seeing fewer and fewer of them even trying. When the POTUS can deem himself the “chosen one,” when he can tweet comments from some religious nutter that hails him as the King of Israel and the second coming of God and the principle reaction from most Trumpists is silence or what amounts to a mild “tsk-tsk”?
They’re fully invested in the man now. Policy AND personality.
Trump exploits the reason his base doesn’t like libs. He exploits their anger, their victimhood, and their thirst for revenge. And they adore him for it - not for policy, but for validating all of that.
Exactly correct. Excellent post and observation. Sure, there may be a fractional minority of outliers to this truth, but the overwhelming majority are identified by this truth.
Why would he appear? Think politics not a political side he would have nothing to gain and everything to lose. No sitting president would take part knowing the challenger has zero chance.