The saying about presidential elections used to go that Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line. These days, Republicans seem to do both and Democrats do neither.
On the Republican side, the prospect of a lively 2024 presidential primary turned out to be pure political mirage. Forget the supposed Ron DeSantis insurgency. Forget the buy-my-book GOP primary debates last year. The Republican ticket was always former President Donald Trump’s if he wanted it. And he did, as it turned out. The best his nearest intraparty challenger, Nikki Haley, could do was to win the Washington, D.C., Republican primary, which I’m pretty sure is just a show of hands at a political consultant’s dinner table, and also Vermont.
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