Opinion: Trump's Republican critics should be careful what they wish for
The race for 2020 is taking shape, although there are still significant unknowns, including whether President Donald Trump will get a serious primary challenge.They are probably wrong, and certainly it’s nothing to root for.
Bill Weld, who has formed an exploratory committee, is a witty chameleon whose most dependable quality is being unreliable. He quit the Massachusetts governorship to try to become Bill Clinton’s ambassador to Mexico, then left Massachusetts and the Republican Party. He was last seen on Gary Johnson’s Libertarian Party ticket in 2016, while at the same time, basically endorsed Hillary Clinton.
On paper, Ohio’s John Kasich is formidable, the former two-term governor of a major state and House Republican budget chairman. But he was an edgy figure circa 1995. His pitch lately has been a mushy “can’t we get along?” message. He demonstrated his lack of national electoral appeal convincingly in 2016 and would have more of an uphill climb in 2020.
It’s going to take something more than tariffs on steel, lack of interest in tackling entitlements and constant talk of an impending infrastructure proposal to detach him from the Republican rank and file. Perhaps the hard-core Trump base and media will enthusiastically back whoever slays their champion. But why would they? Besides the inevitable hurt feelings and perhaps ideological disagreements, they will surely consider recent precedent — Never Trump would be the analogue to Never Hogan.
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