re: 2028 Republican Bench

Trump abandoned his own stated policies. Someone that adheres to those principles I.e. law and order, border control, deporting criminal aliens, no new wars, build industry, promote meritocracy, lower energy prices, reduce foreign aid etc will resonate still. You need a Reagan type messenger. Humble, self deprecating humor, someone that says we instead of I and speaks with courtesy.

It is time for a Nixon type, someone who just does the job.

No love for Sarah Huckabee Sanders?

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It's going to be Vance

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You're getting down-voted, but you'll probably be right. Word is that Rubio isn't going to run and based on DeSantis' comments I'd be very surprised if he ran. He basically said the GOP has no chance of taking the Senate for 6-8 years, and he's right about that, so I don't see why he'd run when the Dems would have a supermajority and just block everything. I also think he sees the writing on the wall for 2028 and he'd be fine with Vance being the sacrificial lamb, given that Vance supported leftist talking points attacks on him in 2024.

I hope Vance is smart enough to sit it out as well.

My money is on Cruz and some long-serving rep in a safe district in the Midwest. Even if they don’t have a prayer of winning, they’ll do some major fundraising and pump Fox News’ numbers.

It will likely be DeSantis as he has the most daylight between him and Trump/MAGA

Vance's comments about the Ramaswamy ad will be a fricking political albatross for a while, and it's very hard to now be all against the war when early on he was the one tasked with selling it to the American people... he is unprincipled, and people see that about him... he talks out of both sides of his mouth, and he comes across as a self-preservational opportunist, period point blank...

Rubio, unless he resigns NOW, and i mean like yesterday, to create more distance between him and Trump, won't have a chance b/c while a more solid, more principled person than Vance, he's also someone who will take whatever position he feels is best suited for himself, more often than not...

i'm not sure Trump will endorse any of them, and honestly, I'm not sure, that down the line, especially with Miller now the Chief of Staff, which, outside of the MAGAverse, is going over like a lead balloon, that they'll want his endorsement or that it will be worth anything then anyway

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Republicans will lose the presidency in 2028.

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If this happens so be it. But lets nominate the best man for the job this time and let the chips fall where they may.

If any one deserves to be the sacrificial lamb it’s Vance. I don’t care what he says about the economy or the war, he stood right by Trump and was smiling away. He’s also responsible for the Ohio Senate seat flipping. He was elected to serve a term in the Senate and he left just 18 months in. He never should’ve ran in the first place if he wasn’t committed to serving at least 1 full term.

What people deserve is rarely a factor in politics.

Vance may very well run if he considers his political career sufficiently over already. I just hope he can be compelled to fade away and give us a shot at retaking some House seats after the dems waste the next two years continuing our current Congress’ track record of doing nothing to help the American people.

If Vance runs they’re going to use those very things you mentioned to affect down ballot races. Let a milquetoast fence sitter Republican lose while we retake the House.