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Trump’s Republican Rivals Keep Teasing Primary Runs Despite Long Odds

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, pointed out that presidential primary challenges have historically failed in the modern era, including Senator Ted Kennedy’s campaign to replace Jimmy Carter in 1980 and conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan’s revolt against George H.W. Bush in 1992. In both cases, however, the incumbent went on to lose the general election.
Barbara Perry
The New York Times

A Gyrating Economy, and Trump’s Volatile Approach to It, Raise Alarms

“Is Trump really losing it, or is this just more of the same, but more?” asked Russell Riley, a presidential scholar at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “Democracies don’t get into serious trade disputes with authoritarian regimes because, presumably, democrats know out of the box that when things get tough, they don’t have at their disposal the tool of last resort for the autocrat: a command economy.”
Russell Riley