Unless either former President Trump or President Biden have an adverse health event forcing them to terminate their campaign, we are going to have a Trump-Biden rematch, whether the parties or the public prefer it or not.
Of course, a 2024 matchup may have some different angles than four years ago. For one thing, former Harvard and Princeton professor Cornel West (now affiliated with the Union Theological Seminary) is seeking both the People’s Party and the Green Party nominations. West, who calls himself a non-Marxist socialist, may soon be joined by a No Labels-backed ticket aimed at moderates and independents. No Labels held a town hall at New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm College late Monday afternoon, featuring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican. (I'll discuss the potential effects of third-party candidates in a future column.)
There are a number of common assumptions among those who are convinced and/or are praying that Trump will be stopped. The most frequently stated is that the cumulative weight of 71 criminal indictments (and counting) will bring GOP primary voters
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