Sunday, 21 July 2024

Biden Out, Clooney In

Nobody should want a second Donald Trump Presidency, the guy was an absolute moron in the first one but that seemed to be the direction America was heading all the time Joe Biden stayed in the race but that problem has now been solved because he has pulled out of the 2024 presidential race and will not be seeking a second term.
Another Democrat will now need to be chosen to face off against the Republican nominee in November and Michelle Obama's name is being uttered as the preferable person but she has repeatedly said she is not interested in the job so she would take a lot of persuading to lock horns with Trump who must now be concerned that he won't be facing someone who seemed to forget what he was saying halfway through saying it.
Immediately the British bookies had Gavin Newsom as the favourite to succeed Biden, then it changed to Kamala Harris but a recent CNN poll of Democrat 's, 39% had Kamala Harris as their preferred choice with Newsom a distant second on 18% and as the Vice President, most people would assume she would have first choice on it but according to the American media, she isn't that popular and would struggle against Donald Trump, good old fashioned sexism and racism rearing its head apparently although that never stopped Barack Obama so not sure about that one.
A poll in Newsweek saw Gavin Newsom losing to Donald Trump in a head to head and other names thrown out where J B Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, Andy Beshear, Sherrod Brown and Dean Phillips with the Arizona Senator Mark Kelly named as one to watch and a quick look at his profile showed he was an astronaut, flying 4 Apollo missions so immediately i'm thinking go for him Democrat Party but that is without knowing anything else about him.
I'm sure  the odds will change as people drop out but the immediate odds at Betfair who have a list of potential nominees are:

Kamala Harris        1/5
Gavin Newsom      11/1
Gretchen Whitmer 26/1
Michelle Obama    22/1
Hillary Clinton      31/1
Josh Shapiro          39/1

My friend and light bulb hero Bernie Sanders is at 199/1, the brilliant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 269/1 who is way ahead of George Clooney at 799/1, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson at 859/1 and Bill Gates who is a long way off at  999/1.
£10 on Gorgeous Clooney is it then and with part of my £7990 winnings i will buy an Nespresso coffee maker, it's the least i can do.