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Remove Steve Bannon

Please remove Steve Bannon from "Potential Candidates" and put him in a section called "minor candidates". It is rediculous to put a loser editor with no political or business experience with real candidates such as Mitt Romney. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.122.172.42 (talk) 20:57, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You could say the same thing about Trump at this time during the last cycle, and look at where we are. Bannon is all over the news. The chances of him, and everyone else being scared away from the primaries is extremely high. If, by some miracle, Trump goes, Pence will be president and the nomination's his by default. At this point in time, speculation is the name of the game. We've got a long 2.7 years....Arglebargle79 (talk) 14:51, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No you really can't compare Trumps rise to prominence at all with Bannon's. Bannon SUPPORTS the current administration. He LIKES Trump. He has even said he will not run unless Trump does not finish his term. Frankly, the comparison towards Trump and Bannon you just made is extremely offensive. Bannon is basically a Neo-Nazi loser while Trump has actually achieved something with holding a multi-billion dollar fortune. No, I am not a Trump supporter, but your very clear bias exemplifies Wikipedia's problems.

The possibility of a Bannon Candidacy is remote, most can agree on that. He has been and continues to be a strong supporter of the Trump Presidency. He himself, according to Vanity Fair and Business Insider, has stated that he will not run for president so long as Trump runs for reelection, which he is (see FEC filing of Trump Presidential Campaign 2020). Most on this page can also agree that he is a member of the alt-right-he himself has labeled himself as such. The alt-right advocates for policies that would raise taxes for the wealthy, reduce free-trade and reduced American interventionalist policies. Whether these policies are good and bad is irrelevant, what is relevant is that they are not mainstream republican values. If he is to be considered a potential candidate, others such as David Duke and Richard Spencer, whom are also not mainstream need to be listed. For the reasons listed above, I have very rationally attempted to remove Steve Bannon from the list of Potential Candidates. His place has been justified, however, because he could "potentially" run. Well, if this is the case, we need to add every single Republican in Congress, every Republican Governor and every Republican actor to the list as well. Each one of those could "potentially run". That would be ridiculous, however. Instead, why don't we only include individuals that have not denied the idea, but have been floated as potential candidates by the media such as Romney? Steve Bannon will only run if Trump quits. In this article, we should use ceteris peribis (all current conditions staying the same), in other words, if the election is held this week, would person x consider running?

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