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Flake throws his hat in the ring for the presidency?
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)global1
(25,272 posts)presidential aspirations.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)...not pissing off the Republican Party base. He has to vote 'yes' on Kavanaugh in order to have any future in politics.
Ace Rothstein
(3,184 posts)Flake will get crushed by Trump if he primaries him.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)...maybe he's thinking he'll run for governor of Arizona.
Or he might not plan on running for office ever again, though I doubt that. I would bet Flake is counting on the Republican Party base becoming more rational after Trump is gone. If so, I think he'll be sorely disappointed.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)global1
(25,272 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)...running from Trump in the primaries.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)As it is, he did the Flake thing and caved. He is fundamentally useless to anyone that wants leadership. The best option is to help Simena win his seat.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)He had to have known that voting against Kavanaugh would ruin him with the Republican Party electorate. If he or anyone else thought he could vote against Kavanaugh and then successfully primary Trump/Pence in 2020, let them know that I have some bridges to sell.
Perhaps Flake will run for governor of Arizona at some point.
Voting against Kavanaugh would have signaled that Flake doesn't care one iota about his future in politics.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)He owns the record of the Kavanaugh court politically.
His legacy among most voters will forever be the meme of the Elevator.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)There aren't nearly enough anti-Trump Republicans in the Republican Party electorate.
madville
(7,412 posts)He is "retiring" from the Senate because he knew he would likely lose his Senate seat primary election had he run this year.
eleny
(46,166 posts)lame54
(35,326 posts)He would be gone in a week