Mara Lago and OMB.

Second, I urge great caution in publicly noting preferences too soon – changing minds AFTER a public affirmation is often harder than before one commits to something. Politicians flip flop and flap yaps all the time, but supporters are far more consistent.

I’m sure that’s one of the reasons for more public marriage vows.

Third, it’s too soon (it’s never too soon! it’s too soon) to be at all serious about 2024, when we don’t know results from 2022.

Fourth, Trump increased his vote totals from 62 up to 74 million votes. That was HUGE expansion of voting base, almost 20%. I believe he really got that many, and don’t believe Biden really got 85 million legal votes (many illegal votes were counted, and even recounted – once dirty ballots get included, no way to exclude them); Biden might have gotten more than the almost 70 million Obama got. But the Dem media obscure the mostly peaceful protest against questionable election practices with the possibly (probably?) FBI instigated Capitol attack while Trump was still talking.

https://precinctstrategy.com/
Steve Bannon’s precinct project seems likely to increase Rep support for Trump, and especially most America First policies. How successful or not they are in getting qualified Rep candidates will make a huge difference to 2022 results … in only 10 months now.

If I was living in America, instead of Slovakia, I’d be joining the local GOP precinct group and trying to influence it. (I did run for US Congress in 1988 as a Libertarian; Ron Paul was Libber Pres. candidate then). I urge Neo and all commenters to take the first steps of finding out how to join their local GOP precinct. As Instapundit Glenn notes – local volunteering is more important than blog commenting. Tho blogs are often more fun.

I’m 99.9% likely to vote Republican in 2024, and 2022 – thru CA mail-in ballots.

Trump did fight fire and bullshit, shit-loads of both, with his own fire and bullshit. But Trump clearly loves America, tho he also loves attention.

Trump did indeed fight fire, and bullshit, with fire, and exposed the mess (a very polite word for the incredibly corrupt and blatantly cynical politico-elite-media cabal) for what it is. It took great courage and a hide of iron. We owe him a great deal.

I like what I’ve seen and heard of Disantis. But do not believe for a moment that he will not be hit with an incredible and overwhelming shitstorm of the same crap and worse than Trump was confronted with–and much of it from his ostensible compatriots in the Republican Party.

I hope he is that guy. I don’t see anyone else out there.

DeSantis can do that. I suspect there are a lot of people who believe (or could be persuaded) that (i) January 6th was a total disgrace; and that (ii) Democrats’ are behaving as cynical demogogues who care more about their own political power than they do about the norms of “our democracy.” I don’t know of anyone out there other than DeSantis who is speaking effectively to this group.

If they were unusually bad, they would have spent their work life in the back office preparing financial statements. Both men were salesmen at heart.

The optimal candidate for Vice President is (1) content to be 2d banana, (2) is an experienced executive ready to take over if such is needed, (3) has had a tour through other offices common in the biographies of our more able presidents, and (4) can make a modest but possibly decisive difference in the electoral vote count by securing his home state. Hellary in selecting Tim Kaine covered these bases.

The progressive MO is to throw up a verbal morass of lies, distortions, even pretending that words that meant one thing yesterday have always meant something completely different. Trump fought fire with fire and just ended up making a bigger mess. I’ve neven seen any Republican who is able to cut through the BS like DeSantis does here.

The last two Republican presidents were terrible communicators, not just below average, but really, unusually bad. That absolutely has something to do with why the left has been ascendent in the 21st century so far. I remember when the conventional wisdom was that the US was a center-right country. That was before Bush and Trump.

Where’s the extended quote from Mellville, to flesh out your analogy. Come, come sonny there are deep dark secrets to be told (fabricated). Such as who pulls you srtings.

A curious man wouldn’t make a baseless accusation (?) although it may be true that Ron DeSantis is a lawyer and the Governor of some state. DeSantis better prove those facts too. Can’t be too cynical after all, ‘wouldn’t be prudent.’ Wouldn’t want to be sold …..