It is customary in presidential politics that a sitting president is not primaried by a member of his own party. This has been a unwritten rule for decades. But, these are not normal times and politics today is not customary.
Indeed, these last couple of cycles has been weird. Ol' Joe ran on being the anti-Trump when the country was locked in the Covid crisis. Very little campaigning, ad-hoc voting rules, the entire cycle was quite bizarre. And at this stage of the game, Ol' Joe has not yet formally announced his intentions for a second term. His family is mired in scandal, the wolves are at the door and he seems blissfully unaware of the myriad crises that he has led us into.
Robert Kennedy, Jr. the son of the assassinated RFK has announced his intention to run for the presidency. He's an interesting character. He's a Covid skeptic, a Ukraine questioner, and does not seem to fit the mold of the current Democrat party. He sounds to me like the Democrats from a bygone era, and he intends to primary the sitting president.
This may get interesting.
I think he will end up the third member of his family to be assassinated.
ReplyDeleteThat it may, and NOT in a good way.
ReplyDeleteI know a couple of life-long southern democrats that can't bring themselves to vote for the current Democratic party. This is an attempt to back away from the extremism and bring the prodigal back into the fold. It will be interesting to see how the party leadership reacts-do they support and is this with their blessings or is RFK Jr gone rogue.
ReplyDeleteKennedy is going to get the Kennedy treatment ya know?
ReplyDelete"I think he will end up the third member of his family to be assassinated."
ReplyDeleteHat trick?
DNC has super delegates. The cabal selects their nominee. Can't see him getting the DNC nomination any more than Bernie last cycle (who otherwise had the delegates to win)
ReplyDeleteLegally DNC selects the candidate, not voters.
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