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Monday, November 09, 2026

The early field of GOP presidential candidates is laughably bad " and they're going to be dealing with the same problems that killed the party in last week's elections.

Whatever you can say about this cast of characters, no one is going to call them "hunks." If you discount physical attractiveness, it gets even more dire.

This is an astonishingly bleak list of potential Trump successors. There is obviously a lot that can happen between now and 2028, but if you want to feel good about the future, just take a look at this roster.

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The scale of the Republican defeat is so great that it makes the race for the GOP presidential nomination wide open.

If the administration had won a big victory, Vice President J D Vance would have had an enormous argument to be the inevitable nominee.

Now, with this go-slow strategy blowing up in Iran and his defense of Vivek Ramaswamy's horrible, inhumane ad featuring his opponent's mother attacking her own daughter, a good bit of the luster has come off the bloom.

The number of people who want to draft Secretary of State Marco Rubio is staggering.

In addition, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Ron DeSantis, Pete Hegseth, Glenn Youngkin, and a surprising number of people may decide this is their chance to take advantage of the chaos of the shocking defeat and seek to be the champion who can rescue the party and the country."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-09 12:33 PM | Reply

Marco Rubio ... Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Ron DeSantis, Pete Hegseth, Glenn Youngkin ...

What a pathetic list of losers.

If that's who the republicans are fielding for presidential nominees in 2028, they've already lost.

Also, isn't Rubio the king of Venezuela. Soon to be king of Cuba.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-11-09 12:40 PM | Reply

Also, isn't Rubio the king of Venezuela.

Viceroy. Lewzer would never let anyone else be king.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-11-09 12:44 PM | Reply

"How Democrats Dominated the Midterms in Georgia against Brian Kemp

Cliff Cash Comedy

"8 black women won state wide races in Georgia..."

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hilarious yt short

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-11-09 12:57 PM | Reply

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