Political future of [person] megathread

[Lord Admirale]

Personally I think he's the best GOP candidate for Governor. Tom Kean seems more interested in running for NJ-07, Tom MacArthur is too conservative and too pro-Trump to win statewide, and Kim Guadagno is too connected to Christie. Hugin has enough money and built up name recognition during his 2018 Senate campaign.

[Lord Admirale]

This is sad.

Elaborate.

[Lord Admirale]

Personally I think he's the best GOP candidate for Governor. Tom Kean seems more interested in running for NJ-07, Tom MacArthur is too conservative and too pro-Trump to win statewide, and Kim Guadagno is too connected to Christie. Hugin has enough money and built up name recognition during his 2018 Senate campaign.

Bad idea for him. If we're gonna go with a legacy Kate Whitman seems like a better option, with Tom Jr. running for Governor in 2021.

I think Tom Jr should wait until when Trump is out of office. NJ-07 will likely go back to being favorable to Republicans post-Trump.

[Lord Admirale]

Personally I think he's the best GOP candidate for Governor. Tom Kean seems more interested in running for NJ-07, Tom MacArthur is too conservative and too pro-Trump to win statewide, and Kim Guadagno is too connected to Christie. Hugin has enough money and built up name recognition during his 2018 Senate campaign.

Bad idea for him. If we're gonna go with a legacy Kate Whitman seems like a better option, with Tom Jr. running for Governor in 2021.

I think Tom Jr should wait until when Trump is out of office. NJ-07 will likely go back to being favorable to Republicans post-Trump.

What is it with Republicans on this forum and Tom Kean, Jr.?

He's not that talented as a politician and he only got into the Legislature thanks to his family's name and connections, benefits that are rapidly receding. He's also probably too moderate to win a congressional or gubernatorial primary in this day and age--the base of the NJ GOP is in Ocean and Monmouth County now, not Union and Morris.

The Republican bench in New Jersey is extraordinarily bad at the moment. Christie and the 2017 & '18 elections have tarnished the brands of so many "stars" (if you can call them that) in the party-- Jennifer Beck, Tom MacArthur, Jay Webber, Hirsh Singh, and of course Guadagno. Hugin may not belong on this list but he still lost by 9 points against the objectively worst Democratic Senator up for re-election. If the GOP chooses them to run against Murphy in 2021 they'll lose big barring some giant scandal on the Democratic side.

Murphy is a ticking timebomb. Things have been getting worse for him with Alvarez, tax hikes, and having a sh1tty relationship with Sweeney and Coughlin. It seems like his campaign was wrought with inappropriate/harassing behavior and his plan to chase away millionaires will just screw over the middle and lower classes because the taxes will fall onto them.

[Lord Admirale]

>Bob Hugin
>Obscure/Boring