The Bench

Let’s pause for a moment and reflect. We have:

• A former president;

• A former governor and United Nations Ambassador;

• Another former governor;

• A current governor;

• A current senator;

• A current CEO and investor;

• And possibly a former congressman, governor, turned Vice President of the United States

all running for the presidency from the GOP.

Two are from families of immigrants from India. One is a descendant of slaves and represents South Carolina in the United States Senate.

One is a veteran who’d be the first president since George H. W. Bush to have served active duty in a war zone.

One is a reality TV star and businessman who shocked the world by beating a Clinton for the presidency and lived to tell the tale.

I like our odds.

We’re facing a party that believes gay pornography is acceptable in elementary school libraries, The Cat in the Hat should be banned, and poor people should eat bugs and drive electric cars.

And a recession is coming.

I like our odds.

It won’t be easy. The national press corps will not be fair. The fact-checkers will lie. The cultural icons will be against us.

But moms don’t want their daughters competing against boys. Dads don’t want boys in their daughters’ bathrooms. And neither mom nor dad feels good about making their mortgage payment and putting food on the table this month. Young moms still struggle to find formula for their babies. Costs keep rising. A recession is coming. Biden is ancient and prone to dementia.

I like our odds. It won’t be easy. But it is doable. And we offer a diverse array of people committed to battling the left and big government.

Oh, and don’t look now, but “horrible news, horrible for Joe Biden.”