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Chris J. Karr's avatar

"Though there will be four people on the stage, the real contest is between DeSantis and Haley. The pair of former governors are competing for the second-place spot and, as I wrote earlier this week, DeSantis’s downward trend gives Haley an opportunity to emerge as the nontrumpy (or at least the untrumpiest viable) alternative to The Former Guy. Haley’s surge builds on a series of strong debate performances."

I can't stop picturing a tag-team wrestling match. In one corner, we have Haley and Christie. In the other, we have DeSantis and Ramaswamy. I only wish that there were an actual ring where Haley and DeSantis could grapple within the ropes, while Christie and Ramaswamy went at it with whatever was at hand outside of the ring.

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

The price of durable goods is not the real problem. Housing and food and fuel are real problems.

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David Thornton's avatar

Gas prices have been trending down for a couple of months now. I’ve been seeing articles that the real estate market seems to have topped as well.

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SGman's avatar

And of course that's not something POTUS can deal with: it's local policies limiting building that are more relevant.

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

Assuming Trump is still in first place, the battle for second is between a CURRENT governor and a former governor.

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