Bill O'Reilly
February 2, 2024
The Looming Showdown
Nine months until the nation votes for President again, and here's where I think we are.
 
Donald Trump's MAGA support encompasses around 35 percent of Republicans, and they will stand by their man. So, mathematically, Nikki Haley has no chance. I cannot see anything stopping a third Trump nomination.
 
President Biden is drowning. A one-two punch of terrible policies and early-stage dementia has put him in the deepest hole since the hapless Herbert Hoover.
 
The excesses of Donald Trump do bolster Biden a bit, and his party has nowhere else to go, but things will get worse this year for Mr. Biden as he struggles to even function on a daily basis.
 
The national media, once an important force in presidential voting, is collapsing. TV News ratings are in decline, and once mega-newspapers like The Los Angeles Times are finished.
 
Most Americans don't trust the press; many despise it.
 
Finally, I don't expect to see a Biden-Trump debate, although one would help the former President. There is absolutely no way Biden's people will take that risk.
 
The coming election is really a showdown between progressive leftists and traditional Americans. In 2022, the progressives hung tough. But there is far more at stake this time around.
 
Enjoy the weekend. New column Sunday.
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