A new poll has former President Donald Trump beating President Biden in the 2024 election, apparently because of Mr. Trump’s legal difficulties.
There is certainly some sweet comeuppance in that: Live by the sword, die by the sword. Non-Trumpers can enjoy it; anti-Trumpers, not so much. Non-Trumpers think the country can survive, even prosper, if Mr. Trump is elected. But they know he can’t get elected. Anti-Trumpers think that if Mr. Trump wins, it’s curtains for the U.S.
But who among them should be the nominee? The answer should be driven not just by who the others think the best candidate might be, but by who the public prefers and who has the best shot at winning in November — either against Mr. Biden or whoever replaces him at the top of the Democratic ticket. And then there’s this: Only if Mr. Trump is not the Republican nominee can he go down in history as a positive force in American politics. History tends to be written by the victors, and he won’t win the election.
Also, if the Republicans win, there is less chance Mr. Trump will go to jail. That ought to concentrate someone’s mind wonderfully. The GOP team should pledge to pardon Mr. Trump, thus taking the wind from the MAGA folks’ sails and giving incentive to marginal undecideds driven by the unfairness/weaponization issue to look at the non-Trump alternative.
At the moment, only six Republican candidates are on the scoreboard other than Mr. Trump: Mr. DeSantis at 16%, Vivek Ramaswamy at 6%, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at 4%, former Vice President Mike Pence at 3%, and Mr. Christie and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina at 2% each.
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