The GOP had been flirting with crazy since Pat Buchanan ran in 1992.
Trump was the dog that finally caught the car. But he was also his own special kind of creature. Michael Bloomberg and Steve Forbes couldn't recreate what Trump did. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum couldn't recreate what Trump did. Sarah Palin didn't even bother to try, she just took every outstretched hand and grifted it. We're not going to see "another Trump" any time soon, because Trump was exceptional in a way none of these other idiots and assholes are.
We're far more likely to get another George Bush Jr or Mitt Romney than a Trump in 2024. And that candidate has a very good chance of winning nationally, by vaguely echoing Trumpian populism while still towing the neo-conservative line. But we're not going to have another Twitter President in the near future. Nobody that cool will win again for a long while.
The GOP had been flirting with crazy since Pat Buchanan ran in 1992.
Trump was the dog that finally caught the car. But he was also his own special kind of creature. Michael Bloomberg and Steve Forbes couldn't recreate what Trump did. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum couldn't recreate what Trump did. Sarah Palin didn't even bother to try, she just took every outstretched hand and grifted it. We're not going to see "another Trump" any time soon, because Trump was exceptional in a way none of these other idiots and assholes are.
We're far more likely to get another George Bush Jr or Mitt Romney than a Trump in 2024. And that candidate has a very good chance of winning nationally, by vaguely echoing Trumpian populism while still towing the neo-conservative line. But we're not going to have another Twitter President in the near future. Nobody that cool will win again for a long while.