News Analysis
With November 2024 more than a year and a half away, Republicans are quietly positioning themselves for the presidential primary season.
It’s a delicate dance, now that former President Donald Trump has entered contention.
To many GOP voters, challengers from within the party still look like betrayers, particularly if they talked up their loyalty to the former commander-in-chief while he was in charge.
Many top Republican donors and politicians, meanwhile, seem ready to dump Trump, particularly after an underwhelming 2022 midterm performance that some blame on the former president’s influence on candidate selection.
Yet, in a Feb. 2 appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program, Trump himself, no stranger to cutthroat competition, mused on the tough realities faced by all those who seek high office….