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Originally Posted by Bored5000
I think Romney is way too high on the list. It is not 2012. How would he ever get the Republican nomination in 2024 when the entire Trump wing of the party loathes him and ridicules him? IMO, there would not be any path for him at all to get the nomination.
You have to slot people into an order somehow. Putting any president or past president with eligibility left high on the list seems reasonable. Same for vice president and former vice president. Then throw in some popular current or past governors. And some current or past members of congress. And a celebrity types. This posted list is 55 people long, if you are going to keep filling it in then people have to end up somewhere.
This is a poker forum. Mitt Romney is the huge combo draw on the turn. The Romney combo draw is current senator, former presidential nominee, former governor.
DeSantis is Trump 2.0. Romney is the anti-Trump. Trump was completely crushed by Biden in the popular vote by 7,000,000 votes. That wasn't all about Trump, there was an anti-Trump vote component. If that anti-Trump vote from republicans stays strong, Trump doesn't run, then I could see DeSantis and Romney the last two people standing for the 2024 republican nominee. Hell DeSantis is up for re-election as governor this year, he could suffer what many would call a surprise and humiliating defeat for governor thereby shuffling up the 2024 general election. Romney can run for senator for life in Utah and get re-elected.
I didn't say Romney would win, but on the posted list of about 55 people, I think Romney listed at 18th is too low.