In light of what happened today, I'm officially changing my prediction.
Most here probably hadn't heard, and rightfully so, but U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (Republican-WY, daughter of Dick Cheney) was defeated today in her primary election battle by a Trump-backed, anti-vaxx nut job. That's no surprise, given that we're talking about WYOMING (and I'm so very glad they mean jack shit in the electoral college). Cheney was one of the very few Republicans in Congress who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riots, sits on the January 6th commission (aimed at prosecuting Trump) and has vowed to do everything in her power to ensure he's never elected president again.
My prediction: Liz Cheney will run for president in 2024, and I think she has a very, very good chance of winning for the following reasons:
1) Obviously, she comes from one of the most powerful political dynasties in history and has the full backing of the establishment GOP network, which has gone into hiding during the age of Trump but is eagerly awaiting a return to power and desperately wants Trump gone.
2) She is being hailed--by both Republicans AND Democrats--as one of the few brave members of the GOP willing to risk her neck and, ultimately, lose her seat to wage war against Trump and prevent him from a return to power. Democrats love her. And her classic GOP creds--support for military funding, cutting federal taxes and regulations, supporting the private sector and upholding Constitutional Rights--are all very, very solid. After all, this is Dick Cheney's daughter.
3) She is one of the few "conservative" Republicans who is also firmly pro-LGBT, coming out in full support of her lesbian sister.
Liz Cheney has simultaneously positioned herself as both a champion of the establishment GOP of old days and a heroine of Trump-haters from all across the political spectrum, all despite her family name--after all, most snowflake pussy kids now weren't even alive or at least toilet-trained when her dad was VP. That's quite a feat. She has closer personal relationships with Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate (they're actually friends) than most high-profile Democrats, including Kamala Harris, who is widely-reviled by her former Democrat colleagues in the Senate. The hardcore "conservatives" in Congress, or those who identify with so-called FREEDOM (shitkicker) CAUCUS in the House may hate her, but most of Americans hate them, so that's not going to be an issue.
If Cheney decides to run for president in 2024, the establishment GOP will rally around her like nothing we've seen in decades, and if it's a TRUMP vs CHENEY battle in the August 2024 primary, I can almost guarantee you will see a record number of registered Democrats pulling Republican ballots just to vote against Trump and keep him out of the general elections. After all, why bother wasting your vote in the Dem primary when it's an incumbent lock? And then when it's a CHENEY vs HARRIS contest in November 2024 (There is no way Joe Biden will be running again), considering Kamala Harris' approval ratings are lower than any VP in recorded history and the WH doesn't even want her out in public anymore (check the news, she'll be in Cali and Hawaii for three weeks and not a single public appearance), I can very seriously see a situation where even the DNC basically throws in the towel (secretly) and just lets Cheney waltz into the WH.
And just like that, the first woman elected POTUS will be a Republican. Suck on that one.
And that is the official Keihan Prediction for 2024.