Browsing: 2024 Presidential Election

David Axelrod said his old boss, former President Obama, does not want the 2024 presidential race to be a “tag-team match.” “It isn’t that customary for former presidents to be out there, actively campaigning, and Obama has done that because these are extraordinary times,” Axelrod said Thursday in an appearance on CNN’s “Laura Coates” live.…

Democratic strategist James Carville said that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy may hurt former President Trump more than President Biden in their likely 2024 rematch. “I actually think Bobby Kennedy might hurt Trump more,” Carville said on “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC Thursday in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. The…

Conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. making a long-shot independent run for the White House “could be a good thing” for former President Trump. Ramaswamy said Wednesday on Fox News’s “Hannity” that Kennedy’s positions are “not aligned with the Republican Party and better aligned with Democrats,” suggesting his candidacy could take votes away from…

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stated that it was very important for former President Trump’s case of interfering in the federal election to be tried before voters choose their next president in November. She urged the Supreme Court to see Trump’s appeal as a way to postpone the trial. “It must not be true that a president of the United States…

Conservative lawyer George Conway said he expects former President Trump to violate the gag order imposed by the New York judge overseeing Trump’s hush money trial. “At some point, I think, though, he can’t help himself,” Conway said of the former president Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He’s going to end up violating the gag…

There is “no doubt” that having independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot in the November presidential election would help Republicans, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Wednesday. “Having that third party candidate on the ballot, no matter the choice for vice president, is gonna bleed votes from the Democrats,” Scott told Newsmax’s…

Republican strategist Karl Rove said the Democrats “should worry” about Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. independent bid for the White House. Democrats ramped up their criticism of Kennedy after he announced Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday. Fox News’s Bret Baier asked Rove on “America Reports” whether Democrats should be concerned about Kennedy’s campaign potentially hurting President Biden’s…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced on Wednesday night that he will not be trying to run for president with a third party, ending rumors. There were some suggestions for Christie to run for president as a third-party candidate under the banner of No Labels, but he has decided against it. He had said before that he would only consider running as a third-party candidate if he saw a way to get 270 electoral votes.

President Biden is narrowly ahead of former President Trump in a new national poll, but the survey found Trump benefits from the inclusion of independent and third-party candidates. A Quinnipiac University poll, released Wednesday, found Biden polling at 48 percent support and Trump at 45 percent in a head-to-head match-up between the major parties’ presumptive…

More Democrats fear former President Trump being reelected than Republicans fear President Biden’s potential second term, according to a new poll. The poll found 66 percent of Democrats are extremely fearful of another Trump term in the White House, according to the results from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Another 11 percent of Democrats said…