Op/Ed

Given their age and various legal and health challenges, there is nothing dishonorable about Trump and Biden deciding not to run again. They don’t have to convince the country it’s the right thing to do—the country knows that. They would only have to convince their egos.

The latest effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president is to invoke Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment which prohibits certain individuals who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the government of the United States from holding high office. 

It's not about achieving fair prices, and never has been. It's about having the government dictate prices to a wide range of companies and industries. It's  about control, not competition.

While it’s unlikely, we can’t rule out the possibility that one or both of the current leading presidential candidates could, in the next year or two, be convicted of one or more crimes.

If Trump were convicted and sentenced to jail in Georgia, he couldn’t pardon himself of a state crime, which means he couldn’t “discharge his duties” as president. That’s when the country would have to turn to the Constitution’s 25th Amendment.

Ronald Reagan wasn’t perfect but he did a great job of growing the economy, rebuilding the military, and reasserting U.S. global leadership. It’s a good model for GOP candidates to follow.

While third-party candidates don’t win presidential elections, they can change the debate and the results. Sometimes that works in favor of Democrats and sometimes Republicans. That could be the case again.

It is imperative that Biden take the public’s concerns about his mental health seriously. He may be in good physical shape for a man of 80 years, but Americans are more concerned about his mental state--especially since he is seeking an additional four years in the Oval Office.

The emergence of a viable third-party candidate is likely Trump's only path to victory in the general election. 

Given life expectancy averages, it is highly possible, perhaps even probable, that a Biden reelection victory would result in Kamala Harris becoming the first female president.