I expect Ron DeSantis to run. Jeb Bush may give it another try. Nikki Haley is a likely also ran. Then there's the Texas trio of Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton, any or all may run. And I don't expect Marco Rubio to sit things out.

But Vance will be able to claim the Trump mantle and record. He'll have to let his ads remind those with short memories of the Trump record that he helped build and Musk's money, if this article is correct, will help him do that.