General Election 2024

I wouldn’t be surprised if Donny’s numbers go UP once he’s indicted. GOP primary voters are cray cray.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nearly-all-republican-senators-bow-out-of-2024-race-while-governors-gear-up/ar-AA17Xdi0?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fe0c553f8884472a808dfac065d7f181&ei=46
Nearly all Republican senators bow out of 2024 race

Smart move. Dont want to be destroyed by Trump
I dont think Cruz has gotten over "Lying Ted" It was a brutal takedown

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-winning-cpac-straw-poll-to-be-gop-s-2024-vp-pick-kari-lake-s-campaign-account-offers-a-laughable-reason-she-d-be-unable-to-serve/ar-AA18fQyZ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f9d24e22f6034ffca313cb6c29917a25&ei=17
After Winning CPAC Straw Poll to be GOP’s 2024 VP Pick, Kari Lake’s Campaign Account Offers a Laughable Reason She’d Be Unable to Serve

Talk about living in a fantasy world
She says she cant be Gov of AZ and VP at the same time
ROTFL

https://www.businessinsider.com/rand-paul-tiktok-ban-republicans-permanently-lose-elections-2023-3
Sen. Rand Paul says the GOP would 'permanently lose elections for a generation' if TikTok is banned

Rand maybe on to something here. Younger generation loves Tik Tok

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday reversed a major Obamacare provision requiring plans to cover preventive care ranging from cancer and chronic disease screenings to pregnancy care and birth control pills.
The ruling deals a massive blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to lower maternal and infant mortality rates and bolster reproductive rights in the wake of Roe being overturned and could threaten the president’s moonshot goal of slashing cancer rates through early screenings. It also leaves the door open for insurers to refuse coverage of vaccines, statins, drugs preventing HIV transmission known as PrEP, and a vast range of health screenings recommended by federal officials.
Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas said the Affordable Care Act requirement for insurers to cover care and products recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is unconstitutional because members of that panel — 16 volunteers, typically doctors and scientists — were not appointed by the president and approved by the Senate, violating the U.S. Constitution’s appointments clause.
O’Connor’s ruling was somewhat expected: The judge last year ruled that religious groups did not have to cover PrEP and in 2018 attempted to strike down the entire ACA law, before appeals led to the Supreme Court’s 2021 reversal of the decision.
The lawsuit was brought by Braidwood Management, which represents a handful of Christian-owned businesses in Texas who argued they should not be required to cover birth control and PreP.

Quote: rxwine

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday reversed a major Obamacare provision requiring plans to cover preventive care ranging from cancer and chronic disease screenings to pregnancy care and birth control pills.
The ruling deals a massive blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to lower maternal and infant mortality rates and bolster reproductive rights in the wake of Roe being overturned and could threaten the president’s moonshot goal of slashing cancer rates through early screenings. It also leaves the door open for insurers to refuse coverage of vaccines, statins, drugs preventing HIV transmission known as PrEP, and a vast range of health screenings recommended by federal officials.
Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas said the Affordable Care Act requirement for insurers to cover care and products recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is unconstitutional because members of that panel — 16 volunteers, typically doctors and scientists — were not appointed by the president and approved by the Senate, violating the U.S. Constitution’s appointments clause.
O’Connor’s ruling was somewhat expected: The judge last year ruled that religious groups did not have to cover PrEP and in 2018 attempted to strike down the entire ACA law, before appeals led to the Supreme Court’s 2021 reversal of the decision.
The lawsuit was brought by Braidwood Management, which represents a handful of Christian-owned businesses in Texas who argued they should not be required to cover birth control and PreP.

I’m on the fence. Insurance companies should be able to compete with each other. If one insurance company doesn’t cover Prep, abortions, BCPs, and other perceived anti Christian stuff and you are in favor of those things….. choose an insurance company and plan that does. The market will determine which succeeds and which fails. I think there is probably room for both types to succeed.
Of course it’s stupid to not cover PreP and BCPs and abortion. But stupid is not a reason companies should be prevented from doing something.

I had to check and see if it was my birthday. Too good to be true.

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Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has the highest popularity among Iowa GOP voters as a possible vice president to former President Donald Trump's 2024 bid.

A new Iowa caucus poll shows that Lake and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley are tied as the top pick for the post.

Many have speculated that Trump might pick Lake or Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as his running mate.

Haley's the only sane choice. The other two makes it a major circus act.

Quote: rxwine

Haley's the only sane choice. The other two makes it a major circus act.

We can expect Trump to not make the sane choice.

I see that Robert Kennedy jr. threw his hat in the ring for the big prize; gotta think his anti-vax stance will hurt him, running as a democrat.

I can only hope that a viable candidate surfaces to replace Biden, and that Biden will do the right thing and step down...but who can easily let go of that kind of power?

Quote: CNN

Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, launches a presidential exploratory committee for 2024

Waste of time.

GOP primary voters will NEVER choose a black guy.