EXTRA! GOP Gets Sixth Person In Race For The White House

The Republicans have just added the sixth person to their list of candidates to run for the White House. Asa Hutchinson, the former Governor of Arkansas has just tossed his hat into the ring. Why? Well, as he said…

“I am going to be running. And the reason, as I’ve traveled the country for six months, I hear people talk about the leadership of our country, and I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America, and not simply appeal to our worst instincts. I believe I can be that kind of leader for the people of America.”

Hutchinson joins Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy in the race for the GOP nomination. One other candidate entered the fray to less than stellar media coverage back at the beginning of February. Steve Laffey, the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island announced his candidacy on February 2nd. He hasn’t made a blip in the polls yet. And Michigan businessman, Perry Johnson announced his candidacy back on March 1st. Johnson is 75 and has zero political experience.

I don’t believe Hutchinson has shown up in any of the polls to date, and I don’t believe I’ve even heard of anyone mentioning him as a potential candidate. We still haven’t heard from people like Mike Pompeo, or Ron DeSantis, or Mike Pence, who are considering it.

We should all be able to agree at this point, at least according to the polls I’ve seen from several polling services, that Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are the only two people out there with any traction at all at this point. Now, it’s early, and a lot can happen, especially with Trump getting indicted in New York State. But everyone that has anything in the polls is in single digits except for Trump and DeSantis.

For anyone else to make a legitimate run, it’s going to take close to a billion dollars, name recognition out the wazoo, and a national network second to none to upend either Trump or DeSantis. And we’re hearing more and more scuttlebutt that DeSantis may just decide to wait until 2028 and run then. If Biden wins, he’ll be unable to run again, and if Trump wins, the same thing happens. Both will have served their two terms and will be termed out.

I would expect at the very least that there will be three or maybe upwards of four, five, or six additional announcements coming over the next four months or so. Either way, for any of them, it’s going to be an uphill battle the likes of which they’ve never seen before.

Carry on world…you’re dismissed!