jgw - Trump trying to get a debate or debates with Biden surprises me. The RNC pulled out of the presidential debate commission, I thought that left the presidential debates dead in the water.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/politics/rnc-withdraws-from-presidential-debates/index.html

Trump is like that old showman who believes that there is no such thing as bad publicity, no publicity is bad. Trump’s outrageousness worked for him in 2016, making him the headliner in all news reports relegating Clinton to later in the news, back page so to speak. Trump knows how to get exposure from the media, good or bad, he doesn’t care as long as his name is out there.

The general election campaign usually doesn’t start until September, but with the super Tuesday results with both Biden and Trump sewing up enough delegates to cinch the nomination, it probably began the day after. Clinton made the mistake of visiting, pouring in money for ads in too many red states she had little to no chance of winning ignoring her own backyard. Ignoring Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan cost her the election. You’re correct there.

The anti-Trump ads has ceased here in Georgia. Perhaps they were Haley’s doings for the Georgia GOP primary on the 12 March. Who knows? They certainly didn’t help her if it was her doings.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.