Why Tim Scott is such a long shot for the Republican nomination
Hardly anyone in his party has a bad word to say about the South Carolina senator
It is treacherous to posit mathematical laws for something as chaotic as politics. Nevertheless, if you scrutinise the likely contenders for the Republican presidential nomination for 2024, you can see a relationship between shamelessness and viability.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Perverse political maths”
United States April 15th 2023
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- Why Tim Scott is such a long shot for the Republican nomination
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