"GOP operatives are for the first time raising the possibility that Trump could drop out of the race

[Demovictory9]

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BREAKING— (thread)GOP operatives are for the first time raising the possibility that
@realDonaldTrump
could drop out of the race if his poll numbers don’t rebound. Over the weekend I spoke to a sample of major players; one described Trumps current psyche as “fragile.” I’m
9:40 AM · Jun 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Charles Gasparino
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[tman]

1. Gasparino is usually full of shit.

[DrToast]

15. +1

I’ve never seen anything to indicate he has real connections.

[abqtommy]

2. Sounds like the spin masters are setting up tRUMP's departure, which only shows that they

do have some grasp on reality. Now let's get on with it!

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. This is simple, it is up to the murderous dictator putin

rump does what putin tells him to do, always...


Keep your mouth shut while I have your soldiers killed...yes sir rump says.

[Sneederbunk]

8. You may cut and run comrade.

[Maxheader]

20. Might be...

Wonder who the Kremlin would like running things?

[Sinistrous]

4. I can imagine his dropping out

to avoid the unique humiliation of being disgraced in the most crushing defeat in all presidential elections.

[Nevilledog]

5. It's just wishful thinking on their part.

[Azathoth]

6. Let's hope not

Pence is a joke, but three and a half years of standing next to the orange moron has made him look highly competent in comparison.

Pence would have all of Trump's advantages -- incumbency during a time of national crisis, absolute lockstep support from the GOP, a conservative media alternate reality propaganda machine that now makes North Korea envious, support from Russia, a hardened racist base that is already at death-cult levels of commitment -- and none of Trump's mental and personality flaws.

[Skittles]

7. Pence has plenty of mental and personality flaws

just starting with MOTHER

[Azathoth]

16. Not even remotely compared to Trump

Pence can read a speech, stay on topic, dodge a question without blurting out support for neo-nazis, refrain from retweeting neo-nazis, and converse with a fake but mildly believable charm.

Sure, 30 years ago this was considered the minimum requirementsfor a Republican to run for dogcatcher, but now compared to Trump, it makes Pence look like somewhere between Churchill and Cicero.

Don't pretend the bar for GOP candidates hasn't been lowered to the center of the earth.

[Skittles]

17. so Pence can do what the average person can do

he's got nothing; no WAY could the GOP run him as a candidate

[Azathoth]

18. Yup. After four years of an asylum patient, a mediocre person looks good

There are more than a few people out there who who want to vote GOP but can't bring themselves to because of Trump.

The Lincoln Project would be running ads against Biden right now if Rubio had gotten elected.

[JI7]

13. You overestimate Pence .

[Bobstandard]

9. Start thinking about Romney

If trump bails, which has started poking like a possibility, I can see Mitt Romney emerging as the Republican candidate. Even if Pence gets to serve as President for a while, his succession as the Republican candidate is not assured. The Republican national nominating convention is still in the future. At that convention Republicans could look at their general election prospects and choose a radical new path.

Pence, after all, is covered in the stink of Donald Trump. He has visibly failed at leadership as corona virus czar, he admits he was either incompetently or traitorously out of the loop on the Russian bounty-for-US-servicemen’s lives, and he’s got tons of other scoobies that Dems can and will key in on if he is the Republican candidate.

Mittens, on the other hand, voted for impeachment, and has marched with Back Lives Matter. He’s rich, handsome, and moderate. The banker and oligarch class love him. He could take a big chunk of Republican-no-matter-what voters as well as on-the-fence independents with him. In short, potentially a viable, even formidable candidate.

I think that our side needs to be thinking about Mitt and how to defeat him if he emerges as the Republican candidate. I even worry that if he does become the candidate, Biden’s handlers will urge him to move to the middle and away from the progressive policy promises we need to energize our base. After all, with Trump out of the picture, lots of folks will figure that the threat to the country is much less dire than it was. Which may prompt a rethinking of who moderate and independent Republicans and Democrats alike will vote for.

[BannonsLiver]

10. Trump supporters think Romney is a cuck

They would t turn out for him.

[JI7]

14. Romney is hated by Republicans and the Trump base which is the Republican base

and even if he were to end up nominee he would lose to Biden just like he lost to Obama.

[LiberalArkie]

11. No Republican could win once Trump has AF1 fly him to Moscow and gives it to Putin

[UTUSN]

12. I'll retroactively hold my breath if/when it happens.

[struggle4progress]

19. That giant sucking sound? It's people fleeing the GOP in terror

[blogslut]

21. He's not going to drop out.

He knows damned well his current job is protecting him from a flood of prosecutions and lawsuits. The man will do whatever he thinks it takes to cover his ass. We need to be vigilant.

[PTWB]

22. He's not dropping out.

He will simply cheat more brazenly.