Real Attention Whores don’t do well with downtime—it makes them fidgety—so it comes as no surprise that over the holidays many of our most reliable competitors simply carried on, business as usual. Rudy Giuliani remained unrepentant after having been found liable for $148 million for defaming two election workers. Donald Trump spun further out of control, invoking Vladimir Putin and Mein Kampf. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis pledged to pardon Trump if he’s convicted. No Biden-like kicking back in the sun for that bunch.
Before we present this week’s candidates, we should report the results from our most recent (mid-December) poll, which turned out to be the closest ever: Megyn Kelly edged out Elon Musk, 29.8 percent to 28.7 percent. The race for third was almost as tight: Vivek Ramaswamy 16.9 percent, Hunter Biden 13 percent.
