Predicting the next POTUS is tricky business.
By David O. Stewart and Talmage Boston
On the eve of Presidents Day 2023, might history help guide our prediction on the most likely candidate to win the Oval Office Sweepstakes in 2024? Maybe. Maybe not.
In the 1980s, the trend was so obvious even the pundits saw it: President Ronald Reagan’s election appeared to signal a transition to Hollywood on the Potomac, with politics as show business and the movie industry as a breeding ground for future national leaders. Going forward, the conventional wisdom suggested, only trained actors would be viable contenders for the Oval Office.
