But even his own allies acknowledge that his endorsement success will factor into his decision matrix. Sure, the 45th president will remain the overwhelming front-runner in hypothetical Republican presidential polling throughout the next year. Read: The complicated truth about Trump 2024 It’s a lot more him making these endorsement decisions than ever before.” Stepien ain’t making endorsement decisions. “Susie ain’t making endorsement decisions. “I haven’t seen a time where Trump is more in control than now,” a Republican familiar with the ex-president’s staff told me on the condition of anonymity to protect private conversations within Trump’s circle. Make no mistake: Trump is making these picks himself. So far, his picks have lifted challengers to GOP incumbents who have crossed him and a bevy of newcomers who are eager to align with his brand. The former president’s ultimate record in these races will serve as the first barometer of his continued strength as he eyes a comeback bid for the White House in 2024. He’s made another nine endorsements in gubernatorial primaries, including one against the GOP incumbent in Idaho. He’s made picks in nearly 40 congressional races to date, most recently training his ammunition on the House Republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure package. Trump has already endorsed candidates in 2022 primary contests in all of those states. Then in Arizona, Alaska, and Wyoming in summer. Voters’ verdicts on Trump will come in Idaho, Alabama, and Georgia this spring. Yet even sooner than that, a slice of the most reliable voters will also deliver a tangible verdict on the staying power of another politician who hovers over the next pair of election cycles like no other: the former president, who hardly needs to be named.ĭonald Trump will own the midterms just as much as Joe Biden will. When the 2022 midterm elections are appraised less than a year from now, the Washington commentariat will in all likelihood render them to have been a devastating blow to Joe Biden’s presidency.īarring a historic anomaly, Democrats will have lost at least one chamber of Congress, Biden’s remaining legislative goals will be placed on life support, and the growing anguish over the party’s 2024 presidential nominee will transform into a panic.
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