Dan Balz in the Washington Post, on Musk’s stated interest in starting a new party:

What could make Musk’s effort different from past attempts? The obvious answer is money. He’s the world’s richest person, with a net worth variously estimated near or above $400 billion. He spent more than $250 million helping Trump get elected last year.

But just how much is Musk willing to invest to build a party capable of running serious elections up and down the ballot? …

This isn’t a one-time investment. Party-building is a day-in, day-out, year-in, year-out proposition….

Money is important, but it’s not everything. A major challenge would be finding quality candidates willing to join Musk in his undertaking. How would he build the infrastructure needed to identify, recruit and arm the people capable of running effective challenges to the existing parties?