Which GQP presidential candidates are real and which are ringers?

[prodigitalson]

My Spidey sense tells me that TFG has conspired with some of these people to have them enter the field to make sure that the non Trump vote is so split that he slides in to the nomination like last time. Others I think are sincere, DiSantos is for real. Shitty but real. Nikki Haley? I'm not buying it.

Thoughts?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. If you don't bring enough hatred to please the MAGA base, you're only going to poll a couple %

[zuul]

2. I think some of the new candidates smell blood

and want to be in position to run in case TFG craters for whatever reason.

If he is indicted by the Feds, we are in uncharted territory. No one really knows what will happen.

And given DeSaster’s terrible campaign launch, I suspect Christie and Pence are probably thinking “why the hell not?”

[prodigitalson]

5. yeah. I think you are right about Christie "why the hell not?" sums it up

Haley, I think is a ringer who has directly or indirectly communicated that with Trump BUT also harboring 'lightning could strike' fantasies.

[LaMouffette]

3. Hmm. Maybe we should enter our own ringer in the Repube primary to out-Trump Trump. But who?

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[doc03]

4. We could dig up George Wallace. nt

[prodigitalson]

6. We could nominate Wallace and still have the less racist candidate