Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Will RFK, Jr. make a difference? Date:   8/23/2024 8:34:35 PM

I think not much. 

First and foremost, he is a committed leftist who is correct on only a very small number of issues.  He is not a fellow traveler with any social or economic conservative or even a center-right independent.  Second, anyone that was considering him seriously falls into the category of libertarians.  They don't really have much in the way of core values, they just hate our two-party system and foolishly believe that a protest vote for a sure loser will ever change that.  Third, those in the popular culture that seemed to embrace his campaign are not going to follow his lead and endorse Trump just because he did.  They are more left leaning and while they may dislike Harris and her commie views they are not going to vote for or promote Trump.

So this may make for some breathless govt media coverage telling us simultaneously how Biden being subject to a coup and forced out was an act of selfless devotion while RFK, Jr. doing the same thing is a threat to democracy and he is a traitor to his father's legacy.  Same act but one helps the Dems and one has the potential to harm them....so different treatment.