Asa Hutchinson Tries Something Different

Seth Masket: “Right off the bat I’d think the odds are pretty long for Hutchinson to get the nomination. But he’s doing something right now that no other candidate is doing: He’s calling for Donald Trump to withdraw from the contest because of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s forthcoming criminal indictments.”

‘You’d think that would be kind of a no-brainer. Like, if you are running in a crowded field with little chance of winning, and the poll-leader has just been indicted, you might want to use that as a way to rescramble the race, take a stance in the name of the rule of law, and draw some positive attention to yourself. But that is not what the field has done. Most of the candidates continue to run against Trump without actually running against him while squandering any opportunity to actually change the dynamics of the race.”

“So Hutchinson’s approach has the virtue of being novel.”