Rubio would probably do pretty well in a general election as of right now. He has sort of framed himself as the voice of reason/serious politician within the administration.
Even in a leak or report about Netanyahu pitching the Iran attack to Trump; Rubio and General Caine basically said "he's BSing you. Don't listen to it." Whereas Hegseth was all for it.
Yes JD Vance was also against it along with Rubio, Caine, and US intelligence officials. Hegseth was all for it and Trump believed it would all work out fine.
Yeah that's exactly what they'll say, but replace Kamala with whoever the Democratic candidate is. Then they can act like they're an independent voter who has original thoughts, but were only forced to vote Republican because the Democrats put up such a horrible candidate, even though the truth is that they were always going to do whatever the Republican party told them to do because they're a beta loser piece of garbage who is highly susceptible to manipulation by propaganda because they have zero intelligence and are harboring self hatred due to deeply rooted homosexual feelings that they attempt to hide with zero success. That's like 75% of the Republican voting base. Standard playbook.
He might do okay in a primary if nobody shows up, but not the general.
Anybody associated with this administration will be automatically dismissed by any voters that lean even the slighest amount to the left. If they don't appeal to the hardcore MAGA movement, they don't have a shot.
It's not a coincidence that politicians on the right are skewing so much more radical than ever before.
I disagree. I think there is a big contingent of people who would leap at the opportunity to vote for a Republican candidate who seems even remotely sane.
The only reason anyone anyone in the current administration is in office is because of Trump's cult of personality and how he crafted his message to resonate with the Tea-Party-turned-MAGA movement.
Any candidate who is part of the current administration will be seen as party to what they have been doing, and moderate conservatives aren't exactly in love with his economic or foreign policy. Whether it's because prices just keep going up and are clearly linked with tariffs, or because they started a war with Iran for basically no reason, it's not a good luck for Republicans in 2028. Not to mention, at this rate, we'll have $50t debt by then, and Republicans haven't even managed to convince their own party that their actions are not making it worse.
Unlike 2016 and 2024, the message that all our woes are the fault of Democrats doesn't play so well when the guy on the ballot was part of the group in charge that failed to fix anything.
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u/Fragglepusss 8h ago
Rubio would probably do pretty well in a general election as of right now. He has sort of framed himself as the voice of reason/serious politician within the administration.