Let’s get the obvious over first, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are too old. In fact have of Congress is too old or too tiring.
So what next then? For the Republicans Ron DeSantis has stuck his foot and other assorted body parts in his mouth so often I am surprised he can still walk.
And what exactly would a conservative agenda be in 2024 besides owning the libs and shutting down “woke” (whatever that is) or do we get the infamous tried and true Republican talking points of spend less, tax less which really hasn’t worked for the working and middle class, hence one of the reasons Trump is so popular. Not that he did anything for the vast majority of this country, but he sure talks a mean game.
And yet the Democrats do spend too much and without any accountability to what they are spending. It is one thing to create programs to try and produce results, yet when no one knows exactly what are the goals and expected outcomes without measurable results, why are we spending the money.
Some will say we need a businessman to run the country and by my last statement above you may think I feel that way. Well, no. I do believe that we need to use business tactics when we create new programs to make sure they are achieving desired results, but a person who focuses on running a successful business is too single minded by design to manage competing interests found in politics. Business success and government success are not interchangeable. Yet again applying some business concepts to all the programs the Democrats want to create wouldn't hurt mainly because you can adapt if something is not working. Developing new programs to help the poor or build new infrastructure is beneficial for the country, but if you do not know if they are working or moving a needle then you are wasting money.
All that aside though this is supposed to be about 2024 candidates which the excitement fizzles from the get go. As to be expected the party not in office will have more possible candidates to choose from, while the party in office will circle the wagons around keeping their person in office.
Yet again Biden and Trump are too old, way too old. You do want someone with a bit of experience in their life to be President, but when the combined age of the two front runners is over 150, that is a bit dicey. I do not care that people say they are both able to run and ready to serve, those people are lying.
So again who is there behind Biden and Trump? And yes the Republicans have quite a slew of candidates, but are any of them A) able to beat Trump in the primaries and B) have a real plan to govern? For both parties’ talking points it has gotten old, even older than Biden. And the Democrats have had the same problem for quite a while. There really isn’t a dynamic candidate or group of candidates to make a national splash. Maybe Governor Newsom from California, but he hasn't been tested nationally yet. Sure he has gone to Florida to poke at Governor DeSantis, but that is easy pickings since DeSantis cannot keep his head out of his swamp down there so how viable is Newsom?
Which means can DeSantis make a splash on the national stage? He has achieved some national name recognition, but that is different from making an impact nationally.
And then there is everyone else, Tim Scott?, Haley?, Pence?, Ryan Binkley??, Ramaswamy?, Christie?, Perry Johnson?, Asa Hutchinson?, Larry Elder?, Doug Burgam and yes I went and dug up a list and I think there are a couple more.
And for the Democrats? Kamala Harris?, Newsom?, anyone else excite you? Which falls under my previous 2020 posts, there is no bench in the Democratic Party?
And what ever happened to the Forward Party? Much less any other more standard third party like the Libertarians and the Green Party? Will either of these have a candidate that captures the Nation’s attention.
The good and bad news is we are just getting started.
And the one policy that most of us agree on is there is too much money in politics and we need to reign that in faster than I can finish this post.
Cheers
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