North Dakota governor Doug Burgum is also expected to declare soon. Lately, he’s drifted a little further to the right on social issues than I’d like, but besides that he’d be a great candidate in normal times. Of course we don’t live in normal times, so he has no chance of gaining any traction.
If the US defaults, I am blaming the national media. All they have done on this is continue to paint a "both sides" narrative that in this circumstance is not informational or useful. This is literally in Congress' court. A budget was passed, now they don't want to pay it. Leave sides out of it. That is what happened.
‘No Labels’ Eyes a Third-Party Run in 2024. Democrats Are Alarmed. Bipartisan political group No Labels is stepping up a well-funded effort to field a “unity ticket” for the 2024 presidential race, prompting fierce resistance from even some of its closest allies who fear handing the White House back to Donald Trump. At the top of the list of potential candidates is Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who has been a headache to his party and could bleed support from President Joe Biden in areas crucial to his reelection.
And a new budget is coming up. That is the place to be focusing, not on whether to be paying the bills.
I think there is only one honest way to look at it: does this third party have a chance of winning? No. Does it benefit one party more than the other? Yes. So any take ignoring that bottom line is cap.
we can print more and kick the can down the road but we can’t pay it and the debt will have to be defaulted on eventually. It’s not like we’re going to cut spending and only going to rack more debt on it.
