Let The Games Begin

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I've said for awhile that Donald Trump will be the GOP candidate for president this year.  For any of you doubters this dynamic will become patently clear once the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses are held in only a few days.

If Trump cleans-up in Iowa there is a high probability he'll expand his lead in New Hampshire.  My sense is at that point it's game over for everyone else; including Nikki Haley.  Trump may actually thump her in South Carolina.  Or maybe not.  Either way, he will have all the needed delegates to sew-up the GOP nomination by the end of March.

Which is interesting; to me, anyway.  If the latest WSJ polling is to be believed Ambassador Haley clobbers Biden in a head-to-head match-up by 17 points.  Trump wins by 4 percent.  Margin of error anyone?  Haley has plenty of appeal to moderates, independents, traditional conservatives and even some Democrats.  Drama and controversy doesn't hang over her like an angry storm cloud.

It is going to be an interesting primary season.

Let the games begin....

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There is a population of conservatives, Republicans, center-right individuals and independent-minded voters who place a high value on facts and the truth. Marginalized because they refuse to embrace baseless conspiracy theories nor demonstrate sufficient fealty and obeisance to the former guy - exile is their cross to bear.