Posted on 07/10/2023 7:50:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The candidate selection process guarantees that it does not matter who wins.
Never underestimate the pubbies ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
SPIT.
Lets make sure we get early Trump endorsements for Senate candidates so we can put the absolute best people forward. Trump only endorses winners!!!
We are more confident than ever that Republicans will do everything in their power to lose.
“... if we nominate a presidential candidate who can’t get it done in the general.”
Hmmmmmmmmm, what are you saying here exactly?
Whommmmmmmm could you be referencing here?
I’ll guess its Donald J Trump whom you are dissing here since NO ONE is even close to him for the nomination.
Didn’t Jason Chaffetz leave Congress, to spend more time with the family, didn’t want to be in politics anymore?
McCormick in Pennsylvania? I recall numerous Freepers said he was a RINO.
Az will go rat.
Doesn’t matter how the people vote there anymore.
Trump has best win/loss record than any MLB teams.
And better than 95% of NFL teams.
“... if Trump is on the ticket, that will hurt us badly. “
Tell us how you REALLY feel.
“Trump will hurt the GOP if he is on the ticket – like in Georgia, he has simply burned too many bridges with the party rank-and-file.”
Can you see the Trump hater exposing himself yet?
And then there’s mail in voting and drop boxes, so save your thoughts on actual fair and legal elections.
Boy he sure did great last time!
Pennsylvania:
OZ is still born, a horrible candidate, at least for statewide office in PA.. I doubt he or McCormick have any shot of replacing Casey. Neither of those candidates is going to inspire or excite the base, or pull in the middle.
Casey has phoned in and won 3 Senate races, and the PA GOP continue to basically be a RINO organization, and until that changes, they will never take out Casey.
Any candidate that could actually excite the base enough to turn out as needed to win against the Democrat machine in PA is not supported by the GOP of PA. The one wildcard in the PA race would be Trump being the nominee... it is possible that his coattails could drag someone over the line.
About the only candidate who I have seen lately who might have have a shot that isn’t completely disowned and attacked by the state GOP was Parnell, and he was taken out last time by Ex alleging abuse during their divorce.
As long as people like Barnette are being attacked and destroyed by the GOP machine, don’t hold your breath on anything changing in PA.
WV:
Manchin would have been toast last election if WV had had a stronger candidate running... this time it looks like they have a solid candidate in Justice. I would expect Justice to win.
Ohio:
Don’t follow as closely, but I would expect with Trump leading the ballot, that anyone who voted for impeachment there to be lambasted, as long as the GOP candidate is not a complete dud. I am hard pressed to see in an election where Trump will be on the ballot, that someone like that could pull off a win in anywhere but a deep blue state.
Montana:
Tester, I really don’t know. First elected during Bush’s second term mid term, which was a low point for the GOP... stayed in due to a 3rd party when he was on the ballot in 12. Benefitted from the party out of power mid term benefit in 18... Not sure what will happen this time.
Last presidential election cycle for him was Obama’s re-election and had the benefit of a 3rd party libertarian syphoning off 6% of the vote. This time? With Trump at the top of the ballot, and a very angry general electorate... I am not going to say Tester will lose at this point (as who he will run against will matter)... but I would say this race is a good indication of whether Trump hate is strong enough to save a Dem.
Indiana short of some black swan event that would take out the top tier GOP candidate should be a lock for the GOP.
AZ - given the abject and flagrant and unapologetic fraud of the last election there, unless something is done about that, I would expect the same nonsense again.
Nevada - don’t know, but wouldn’t expect an upset there.
Wisconsin - this is a winnable state, but if you don’t have a strong candidate you will lose.. and don’t see one on the horizon.
Utah - As much as I dislike Romney, I don’t see him being primaried... the Mormons will keep carrying this guy over the line there until he dies.
Here’s the truth about PA, the GOP is a huge part of the problem.. PERIOD.
The math of PA is very simple:
46%D
39%R
14%I
If you want to win in a statewide race in PA you need to get every republican vote you can and then win the Independents by more than 2 to 1 and/or peel away moderate/conservative democrat voters.
The state GOP basically is stuck in the past, they believe “moderate” country club republican candidates can manage that.. and they can’t, not any more. Those types of candidates will NOT motivate, excite or get the turn out of the base, let alone peel off dems or win the I’s more than 2 to 1.
McCormick is a better candidate here than OZ, but he’s a member of the WEF, etc etc etc.. He’s not likely to get the turnout needed to win.
To win statewide as a republican you need to be an absolutely stellar, strong candidate... Dems can run mediocre and win, they only need to add 4%+1 vote outside their base to win statewide, Republicans need to win 11%+1 vote outside their base to win.
It was the REPUBLICANS who instituted vote by mail not needing a reason. It was the republicans who raised the Gas Taxes in PA to the highest in the nation... etc etc etc. The PA GOP is part of the problem.. and Harrisburg is as much, if not more of a swamp than DC in many ways.
The state GOP doesn’t give a crap about conservatives, other than to pay them lip service for their votes. Yes there are conservatives elected from conservative districts and places, but they are NOT remotely the ones running the party and never ever advance up in the party structure. The GOP of PA leadership is basically the Country Club Republicans of a bye-gone era and they have no intention of changing. They will happily destroy a conservative and support a democrat rather that have a true conservative win a position of power.
Now, with that all said, TRUMP being on the ticket may be able to drag a less than GREAT candidate over the finish line on his coat tails in 24 in PA.. however given the state has done little to reign in the things that lead to the massive fraud in 2020, I am not sure what to expect out of PA this time. Trump will likely put up even bigger numbers than 2020, but since they let them steal 2020, don’t be surprised if its stolen again.
Much as I like your style, I disagree with ya here Kurt.
First, the Democrats are going to come out of the woodwork Trump or no Trump. Don’t think for one second they’ll go easier on you so long as the nominee is not Trump. That’s just RINO loser talk.
Second, we don’t need a bunch of soft squishy RINOs. We have far too many of those already. You might as well elect a Democrat if you’re going to vote RINO. I hope Kari Lake is busy occupying the Blair House as Trump’s VP but if not, I would wholeheartedly recommend her for the US Senate. She legitimately won in Arizona as everybody knows. The corrupt McCain machine had to engage in super duper overtime cheating to stop her. If the judges do their jobs a signature match check of the mail in ballots is going to show a huge number do not match. You can’t roll over and give RINOs what they want when they cheat. They must never get what they want. They must be driven out of the party.
Wha?
No way. It's actually 180 degrees opposite.
The rank and file still love him. Witness the rallies. It's the party elders and officianados who dislike him.
“Never underestimate the pubbies ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
There’s a RED WAVE fo sho! Those dimocrats is scared to death. We’re taking the house by several dozen seats and and a 55 seat majority in the senate.
Yeah right.......
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