RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says that 2024 GOP presidential candidates will have to pledge loyalty to the eventual nominee

[Yttrium]

I forget who was using a moldy peach or something as a place holder in the rankings, but I think Haley, Burgum and Scott beat the moldy peach.

It was a moldy turnip, but I think your assessment is accurate.

 

[mark46]

Is there a clause for withdrawing support if the nominated candidate is wearing an ankle monitor?

a good idea

BTW, I think that the pledge is a really bad idea, since Trump won't take the pledge.

 

[mark46]

a good idea

BTW, I think that the pledge is a really bad idea, since Trump won't take the pledge. The pledge is just a way to try to keep Christie out of the debate.

 

[wing2000]

"Listless vessels" at the mercy of Trump Social?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his presidential campaign over the weekend attempted to clarify comments he made to a reporter when he said that Republicans cannot be “listless vessels.”


DeSantis made the comments in an interview published Friday by the Florida Standard, an online politics outlet that describes itself as center-right.


“The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people,” he said in the interview. “And that’s got to be based in principle. Because if you’re not rooted in principle, if all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/20/ron-desantis-trump-comments/

 

[Pommer]

"Listless vessels" at the mercy of Trump Social?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his presidential campaign over the weekend attempted to clarify comments he made to a reporter when he said that Republicans cannot be “listless vessels.”


DeSantis made the comments in an interview published Friday by the Florida Standard, an online politics outlet that describes itself as center-right.


“The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people,” he said in the interview. “And that’s got to be based in principle. Because if you’re not rooted in principle, if all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/20/ron-desantis-trump-comments/

My family members make much over that fact that I’ve never seen (an) the ocean.
But a “listless vessel” should oughta be one where the ballast is properly trimmed and the ship steers true…but that’s according to landlubber me.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Governor Burgum's achilles heel may turn out to be his achilles heel.

Burgum suffered high-grade Achilles tear playing basketball, throwing debate participation into question​

 

[essentialsaltes]

Larry Elder, Perry Johnson planning to sue RNC after failing to make first primary debate​

Elder ... said he met all the requirements set by the RNC to participate in Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, yet it informed him he was not eligible to participate. He said the committee only informed him after sending in his qualification package for the debate that polls from a specific polling company he used in it weren’t valid.

“The reason, as stated by the RNC, is that Rasmussen Polls have ties to former President Donald Trump — an individual who is not even participating in the upcoming debate,” Elder’s campaign said in a statement attached to his post.

 

[Arcangl86]

Larry Elder, Perry Johnson planning to sue RNC after failing to make first primary debate​

Elder ... said he met all the requirements set by the RNC to participate in Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, yet it informed him he was not eligible to participate. He said the committee only informed him after sending in his qualification package for the debate that polls from a specific polling company he used in it weren’t valid.

“The reason, as stated by the RNC, is that Rasmussen Polls have ties to former President Donald Trump — an individual who is not even participating in the upcoming debate,” Elder’s campaign said in a statement attached to his post.

I wonder what they think a plausible cause of action would be.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Larry Elder, Perry Johnson planning to sue RNC after failing to make first primary debate​

Elder ... said he met all the requirements set by the RNC to participate in Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, yet it informed him he was not eligible to participate. He said the committee only informed him after sending in his qualification package for the debate that polls from a specific polling company he used in it weren’t valid.

“The reason, as stated by the RNC, is that Rasmussen Polls have ties to former President Donald Trump — an individual who is not even participating in the upcoming debate,” Elder’s campaign said in a statement attached to his post.

lol, Rasmussen is no longer good enough for the RNC?

 

[Arcangl86]

lol, Rasmussen is no longer good enough for the RNC?

Apparently the issue isn't Rasmussen, but the specific poll. It was done in partnership with a PAC that the RNC believes is affiliated with Trump, and they won't accept polls run by candidates.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Christie, Hutchinson and Hurd — who have all spoken out against Trump in the course of their campaigns — have promised they will not sign,

Christie and Hutchinson have taken part in debates, so I assume they broke their promise.

I don't even know whether Will Hurd signed or not. He probably never got enough support for it to be relevant. Anyway, he's out.

Will Hurd drops out of 2024 Republican presidential race and backs Nikki Haley​

Hurd entered the race in June as an outspoken critic of the former president and was one of the few Republican contenders willing to attack Trump directly. He accused his fellow GOP candidates of being afraid of Trump and argued that the former president, who currently faces 91 criminal charges across four separate criminal cases against him, was running for a second term in order to “stay out of jail.”

In backing Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, Hurd praised her as a leader who can navigate national security challenges. “Ambassador Haley has shown a willingness to articulate a different vision for the country than Donald Trump and has an unmatched grasp on the complexities of our foreign policy,” he said.

 

[Bradskii]

"if all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning...'

Now that's quite a decent mixed metaphor if nothing else.