NEWS AND OPINION:

The 2024 presidential election won't arrive for an additional 456 days, as of Monday. Those Republicans who hope to face off in opposition to President Biden on Nov. 5, 2024 are already sharing their productive methods for the large bout.

Those hopefuls embody Vivek Ramaswamy, who presently ranks third in recognition behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. See the Poll du Jour at column’s finish for extra perception.

Meanwhile, Mr. Ramaswamy has this recommendation for Republicans generally:

“Here’s the truth on how to win 2024 in a landslide. Stop talking about President Biden and start talking about our own vision. The dirty little secret is that Biden isn’t even the one who’s in charge. The people we elect to run the government aren’t the ones who actually run the government right now. It’s the managerial class in the deep state. I’ve offered unprecedented detail on exactly how we will shut down three-letter government agencies, and if we explain to the public how that will revive our economy and restore accountability in government, we will win,” he mentioned in a written assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.

“The sad truth is that the Republican Party right now is a party in search of an agenda. We blew the 2022 midterms because we acted like a bunch of partisan hacks spewing poll-tested platitudes about the ‘failed Biden agenda.’ Well, we should expect the same fate in 2024 unless we level up and actually articulate what we stand for,” Mr. Ramaswamy declared.

THINK POSITIVE

Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump provided his personal optimistic interpretation of his present authorized challenges as associated to the current four-count indictment by Special Counsel Jack Smith within the election-overturn case.

“Anytime they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls,” Mr. Trump mentioned throughout his speech Friday earlier than an viewers of two,700 on the Alabama Republican Party Summer Dinner within the state capital of Montgomery.

“We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance,” he declared.

A SITUATION SUMMARIZED

Meanwhile, radio host and commentator Tammy Bruce has her personal terse abstract of former President Donald Trump’s predicament — and the implications for the nation’s future.

“The details of what Trump is facing will be discussed ad infinitum by analysts and at our dinner tables. But the real question is whether or not we want politicians using the behemoth of government to kneecap their main political opponent to be established as normal in our country,” Ms. Bruce wrote in an editorial for the Association of Mature American Citizens, a conservative grassroots advocacy group that now boasts 2 million members.

A LITTLE LEARNING

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IT’S STILL THE ECONOMY

The numbers are very stark.

In a written report shared with Inside the Beltway, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel advises, citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that costs within the U.S. have elevated by 16.6% since President Biden took workplace.

Average gasoline costs across the nation sit at $3.83 a gallon, in response to the American Automobile Association, up by $1.40 per gallon since Mr. Biden took workplace, Mrs. McDaniel factors out.

“The Fed recently hiked interest rates for the 11th time since March 2022 – and they are now at their highest level in 22 years – making it harder for families to buy a home, finance a car, pay off debt, and perform various other financial transactions,” she additionally says.

“The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in July – coming in lower than economists’ expectations for the second month in a row,” Mrs. McDaniel additionally identified, citing a report from CNBC launched Friday.

And her response to all this?

“Bidenomics is simple: you pay more to get less. Families and small businesses, who are already failing to keep up with sky-high prices and falling real wages, are left to foot the bill as Biden bounces from vacation to vacation avoiding any accountability or responsibility for his failed economy. Come next fall, Americans will choose commonsense over crazy and vote Biden out,” Mrs. McDaniel mentioned within the assertion.

POLL DU JOUR

• 58% of Republican voters who plan to vote within the 2024 presidential major or caucus will forged their vote for former President Donald Trump.

• 15% plan to vote for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

v9% plan to vote for entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

• 7% plan to vote for former Vice President Mike Pence.

• 3% plan to vote for Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.

• 3% plan to vote for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

• 3% plan to vote for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

• 1% plan to vote for North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

• 1% plan to vote for former Rep. Will Hurd of Texas.

• 1% plan to vote for “someone else.”

• 0% plan to vote for Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.

• 0% plan to vote for former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

SOURCE: A Morning Consult ballot of three,716 registered Republican voters who plan to vote within the 2024 Republican major or caucus, carried out July 28-30. Respondents got a listing of candidates.

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