Unless he picks Massie or Rand Paul
Massie is actually my Congressman, his home is not 30 miles from us. He's a real maverick, is pretty much off grid, and is not your normal Congress Critter. Glad he's my representative.
His wife tragically died a couple weeks ago, I still haven't heard what happened to her. They were vacationing out west right before she passed, but don't know if she had been ill or not.
He's not going to get picked, nor Rand Paul, even tho they'd be great picks. Lots of folks seem to think Rubio is the front runner, but I hope not. I think JD Vance would be a decent choice, but his lack of experience might work against him. He would be a good pick to rally the Rust Belt states, tho
Some are suggesting Tulsi Gabbard might be a dark horse pick. She's a former Dem, but left the party years ago because of their hard left turn. She's well spoken, a veteran, and was a former Representative. But don't know a lot about her to say yea or nay.
Yeah I could see them letting Trump back in only to have it collapse around him only to blame him and his supporters. The national debt is not getting paid back, and even tho the stock market is at ATH, the economy is in the crapper and not recovering. We're on a knife's edge and there's lots of matches waiting on a spark to set it off.
My biggest fear is the Ukraine fiasco turning into a hot kinetic war real fast. NATO is itching to get something started with Russia, even tho Ukraine is done. It wouldn't surprise me if this gets escalated before the election.