2018 Presidential Election
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Oh I didn't say that... I just said we are working on an article "in universe" for who Duke could pick (and yes the writing team have already made the decision), and the name of eventual nominee will be in that article, you are just going to have a guess who it is going to be!!!
I was the one suggesting Hollis, but now maybe Duke can make amends and pick Ben Laurion. He seems like an ideal pick for a Duke dumpster fire/campaign.
Are any laws different than OTL of significance passed here? Since bipartisanship is apparently a bigger thing?
Laurion is finished and not making a comeback, personally he and Duke can't stand each other either. He isn't on the long-list.
He is on the long list in article, but he and Duke disagree with Gault's outreach to the LGBT community in 2018, and the fact he banned conversion therapy when Governor of Kansas.
I don't think any governor or senator who has Presidential ambitions will want to be on that plane when it crashes and burns in November. They will all be looking forward to 2026 when after 8 years of Seaborn the Republican nomination may be worth a lot more
Irving has no plans to suspend campaign
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
Senator Jasper Irving (IL) announced this morning that he will not suspend his presidential campaign and will contest the five remaining primaries, despite his opponent Alan Duke (OK) having already accrued enough delegates to clinch the presidential nomination.
In a video released to supporters, Irving said he would remain a candidate to provide an outlet for Republicans "who believe in a reasonable, pragmatic vision for our party" and who "have concerns about the direction the party is taking."
The outgoing senator from Illinois did not refer to Duke by name in his message, instead saying that he had no illusions about dislodging the party's "presumptive nominee", only in providing an alternative for Republican voters in the five May primaries and called for Irving to suspend his campaign.
The Duke campaign put out a statement saying that Irving's decision was "self-aggrandizing" and "harmful" to the efforts to re-knit the party ahead of the general election.
We're putting the finishing touches on the Duke VP article, so all your questions about who is on it will be answered at some point next week.
It will be interesting to see the speculation and to see how it pans out.
I always laugh when Alan Duke talks about his faith. That seems awfully hypocritical. It doesn't seem like a very Christian thing to do to disown your daughter because of who she is. It doesn't seem like a very Christian thing to do to provoke a fight with a Governor from your own party by insulting his wife. It doesn't seem like a very Christian thing to do to make up xenophobic charges against one of your opponents during the primaries.
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OK that needs to be a line Sam uses against him in a debate or it has to be in an ad that's just flooding the airwaves!
Glad I'm coming up with attack ads against Alan "Trailer Trash" Duke.