I saw Walsh on Morning Joe this morning, and I have to say he certainly owned up to his own contributions to the toxic political atmosphere that Trump has so cynically exploited and exacerbated...
He also apparently got that whole "dead beat dad" thing worked out to his ex-wife's satisfaction:
In 2011, Walsh’s ex-wife sued him, alleging he owed more than $117,000 in back child support payments, and said he had failed to pay what he owed even as he loaned money to his own campaign. The former couple later settled the dispute and issued a joint statement saying they “now agree that Joe is not and was not a ‘deadbeat dad’ and does not owe child support.”
https://publicintegrity.org/federal-pol ... epublican/
He's also made clear he's going to straight at Trump, and if he gets under Il Boobce's skin and causes him to lash out in self-destructive ways (and maybe makes a few Conservatives stop and think about their support for Trump) that's obviously all to the good...
But neither he nor the far more substantive Gov. Weld is likely to make much of a dent in Trump in terms of actual primary or caucus votes...(The same thing with Mark Sanford)
The one potential GOP challenger who could at least garner enough votes to embarrass him and show cracks in his support in the party is John Kasich, especially in New Hampshire...
Kasich earlier seemed to rule out a challenge, but seems now to be opening the door just a crack, and he has a speech scheduled for New Hampshire next month...
Kasich finished a close second to Trump in the New Hampshire primary in 2016, and still has a lot of supporters and organization potential there. He would also be able to galvanize the 20% or so of those currently calling themselves Republicans to a far greater extent then Weld, Walsh or Sanford, as well as attract a good number of independents (who are allowed to vote in the GOP primary in New Hampshire under the state's open primary system). I could easily see Kasich winning as much as 30 to 40% of the vote against Trump in New Hampshire...
But John is a serious minded guy, who's not going to run a campaign just to damage Trump in one state. He doesn't want to run unless he sees some actual path for him to the nomination, so his entry remains a long-shot...
It's the same reason Kasich has begged off from running Independent or third party; he doesn't want to run unless he sees at least
some chance to win...
Seems reasonable to me...
