Backup plan? Trump rivals’ best shot could be running explicitly as a second choice

By David Mark

Published August 15, 2023 3:14pm ET

Backup plan? Trump rivals’ best shot could be running explicitly as a second choice — Nobody in the dating world wants to be a second choice of their desired partner. But in 2024 Republican presidential politics, it’s not a bad strategy. With former President Donald Trump holding a commanding lead in primary polls, yet facing four criminal indictments, his rivals’ best pitch may be as a reliable second choice — […]

Nobody in the dating world wants to be a second choice of their desired partner. But in 2024 Republican presidential politics, it’s not a bad strategy.

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