Predict the political future of Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge

[Tekken_Guy]

Leslie Rutledge is the female Attorney General of Arkansas. What is her political future?

[Fuzzy Bear]

Bill Clinton was Arkansas AG and became President.  Jim Guy Tucker was Arkansas AG and became a felon.  So who knows.

I will say this:  She goes by Leslie Rutlege, but she's married to Boyce Johnson, yet does not use his last name in public life.  Bill Clinton lost reelection in 1980 in part over resentment by some that Hillary called herself "Hillary Rodham" which didn't go well with the Arkansas electorate.  I am normally not inclined to think anyone owes Hillary Clinton an apology for anything, but the grief she got for this in 1980 was, indeed, a tad unfair. 

[LoneStarDem]

She might go for United States Senator in 2022 or maybe the AR Governor's Mansion.

[Politician]

Run for governor in 2022 when Hutchinson is term-limited

I expect the AR Republicans to have a competitive primary to succeed him.

[MAINEiac4434]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

[LoneStarDem]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

[QAnonKelly]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

If there’s anything good to come of the Trump presidency it’s this. Let’s assume it’ll be 2028 before another R wins, by then the crazy neocon boomers won’t be a big part of the primary electorate. If Trump wins next year, it will probably be 2032 before a republican wins which would make it harder. He’s just not similar to republicans his age (especially millennial republicans). It’d be like Bill Clinton circa 1992 running as D today.

[Suburbia]

Cotton has a better chance at being president than DeSantis and Bevin.

[LoneStarDem]

Cotton has a better chance at being president than DeSantis and Bevin.

Considering all 3 of them have military experience.....

[MAINEiac4434]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

If there’s anything good to come of the Trump presidency it’s this. Let’s assume it’ll be 2028 before another R wins, by then the crazy neocon boomers won’t be a big part of the primary electorate. If Trump wins next year, it will probably be 2032 before a republican wins which would make it harder. He’s just not similar to republicans his age (especially millennial republicans). It’d be like Bill Clinton circa 1992 running as D today.

Richard Nixon was far less popular in a far less polarized time. The Democrats won precisely one presidential campaign after Watergate, and then lost three in a row.

[Gustaf]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

If there’s anything good to come of the Trump presidency it’s this. Let’s assume it’ll be 2028 before another R wins, by then the crazy neocon boomers won’t be a big part of the primary electorate. If Trump wins next year, it will probably be 2032 before a republican wins which would make it harder. He’s just not similar to republicans his age (especially millennial republicans). It’d be like Bill Clinton circa 1992 running as D today.

Richard Nixon was far less popular in a far less polarized time. The Democrats won precisely one presidential campaign after Watergate, and then lost three in a row.

Nixon was personally unpopular because of Watergate, but the Republican party was clearly in ascendance during that era. I Think it's more accurate to say that Watergate was the one thing that managed to narrowly lose the GOP a presidential election during an era where they were otherwise completely dominant.

Trump on the other hand isn't just personally impopular, he also represents policies and an ideology that is generally unpopular.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Cotton has a better chance at being president than DeSantis and Bevin.

What a scary thought.

Cotton is one of the Presidential contenders I'm truly afraid would get elected.

[QAnonKelly]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

If there’s anything good to come of the Trump presidency it’s this. Let’s assume it’ll be 2028 before another R wins, by then the crazy neocon boomers won’t be a big part of the primary electorate. If Trump wins next year, it will probably be 2032 before a republican wins which would make it harder. He’s just not similar to republicans his age (especially millennial republicans). It’d be like Bill Clinton circa 1992 running as D today.

Richard Nixon was far less popular in a far less polarized time. The Democrats won precisely one presidential campaign after Watergate, and then lost three in a row.

Nixon was personally unpopular because of Watergate, but the Republican party was clearly in ascendance during that era. I Think it's more accurate to say that Watergate was the one thing that managed to narrowly lose the GOP a presidential election during an era where they were otherwise completely dominant.

Trump on the other hand isn't just personally impopular, he also represents policies and an ideology that is generally unpopular.

Yeah Nixon was pres during the generational shift from the D GIs to the R Boomers. Trump’s kind of similar. He’s the last president while the R Boomers are a good chunk of the electorate before the D millennials take over.  Unless the next D president manages to screw up something terribly, they’re going to be locked out of the presidency for a bit.

[LoneStarDem]

Because we live in hellword, she'll become a Senator when Tom Cotton becomes President.

Cotton will NEVER be POTUS.

If there’s anything good to come of the Trump presidency it’s this. Let’s assume it’ll be 2028 before another R wins, by then the crazy neocon boomers won’t be a big part of the primary electorate. If Trump wins next year, it will probably be 2032 before a republican wins which would make it harder. He’s just not similar to republicans his age (especially millennial republicans). It’d be like Bill Clinton circa 1992 running as D today.

Richard Nixon was far less popular in a far less polarized time. The Democrats won precisely one presidential campaign after Watergate, and then lost three in a row.

Nixon was personally unpopular because of Watergate, but the Republican party was clearly in ascendance during that era. I Think it's more accurate to say that Watergate was the one thing that managed to narrowly lose the GOP a presidential election during an era where they were otherwise completely dominant.

Trump on the other hand isn't just personally impopular, he also represents policies and an ideology that is generally unpopular.

Yeah Nixon was pres during the generational shift from the D GIs to the R Boomers. Trump’s kind of similar. He’s the last president while the R Boomers are a good chunk of the electorate before the D millennials take over.  Unless the next D president manages to screw up something terribly, they’re going to be locked out of the presidency for a bit.

Explains why Trump & Co., are approving Federal Judges at a faster rate...