Vance weighs skipping 2028 run after post blaming Iran war for GOP losses angers Trump - report

Vice President JD Vance is seriously weighing whether to sit out the 2028 presidential race after Republicans' heavy losses in last week's midterm elections, CNN reported on Friday, citing about a dozen of his allies and advisers.Although Vance led early polls of Republican primary voters, even his allies concede his path to the nomination is no longer a given.“I do think the field has been blown open,” said Terry Schilling, president of the social conservative American Principles Project, who backs Vance and said he would be surprised if the vice president did not run. “And there isn't an heir apparent.”Vance has not decided and has set no deadline for a decision, and some allies still believe a run is more likely than not. Those close to him, however, described to CNN a vice president torn between his ambitions, a splintering MAGA base, and a young family that grew to four children this summer, and unsure whether he is the right person to lead the party's recovery.“He's young enough that he can have a comeback should this environment make success impossible,” one person close to Vance told CNN. “It just may not be his time.”Iran war looms over Vance's 2028 calculationsAllies see the war with Iran as perhaps the biggest hurdle to a Vance candidacy, and the central question for him…