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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kemp, maybe?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-governor-brian-kemp-considers-what-he-really-wants-out-of-2024-presidential-race

[quote]As the field of GOP presidential candidates grows, while struggling to gain ground on Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats have increasingly noticed that one of the figures best-positioned to take on the former president remains on the sidelines.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, one of the only high-profile Republicans to have ever come out stronger from a battle with Trump, has conspicuously stiff-armed buzz about his own presidential prospects.

But insiders have noted Kemp’s gradual cracking of the door as the presidential Trump challengers have foundered.

In recent interviews, Kemp has publicly not ruled out a run for president, and plugged-in Republicans say that he hasn’t taken the option off the table.[/quote]

He seems like the candidate DeSantis thought he was going to be - super conservative without the crazy.

Using myself as a focus group of one - I know he would push for policies I hate, on issues I care about, and he still doesn't terrify me in an existential way - or repulse me in a visceral way - the way Trump and DeSantis do. That seems good for the health of our country - and bad for our prospects of beating him, were he to be the nominee.[/quote]

He signed a 6 week abortion ban.  That is definitely part of the crazy and probably disqualifying to be competitive in a national election.[/quote]

He doesn't seem lunatic crazy, though - like I can't imagine him releasing that bizarre video DeSantis just put out, or issuing a deranged July 4 message on social media like Trump did yesterday.

I will grant that my standards are exceptionally low for Republicans at the moment - if they aren't sh**ing themselves in public while wearing white heeled boots and screaming that they're king of the world, I'm like, hm, that guy seems sort of normal.

And I hope you're right that he'd end up losing because of the 6 week abortion ban. But I actually don't feel so confident about it. And at the same time I'd rather Kemp be the nominee because I think the stakes are much lower if he actually wins. (I don't think a national abortion ban would go through?) Not low - there's the Sup Ct, there's a million things - but lower.[/quote]

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