“It is just difficult to see who, among those moving toward the starting gate, can reach the requisite 270 electoral votes.”
Any democrat will have a rock-solid guarantee of 250+ electoral votes in the bag before the first vote is tabulated on election night.
The old Reagan-Bush “electoral lock” is no more; the first Bush gave it away to his friend “Bill”. And Barbara didn’t seem to mind that he did so long as GWB got his “turn.” Now even she knows Jebbie has been cut out of the loop.