He nearly killed the party. We fought to get him out.
“He nearly killed the party. We fought to get him out.”
I see. It’s “the party” you’re concerned about. Myself, I look at what was happening state-wide in races during that time. Republicans went from being in the elected minority to the elected majority, even while the state GOP was having to fight Rove at every turn. Those are the results that I look at.
When Pauken was elected, I take it that the faction you were in lost their hold, and that gave you the take that he was “killing the party?” So then you fought to get him out so that you could once again get a strong hold and regain your power.
This is why I have no love for party politics, and just look at the candidate and what I think they will do when they get in office. Because of what I have seen going on within the Party, I cannot consider myself a Republican but instead a conservative. But, there are factions that are embarrassed by conservatives and don’t care if they push us out, disparage us, and marginalize us. How does THAT not destroy your party?
And FWIW, I have no problem with Abbott and based on what I currently know would have no problems voting for him. Pauken’s problem is going to be Abbott’s big war chest and lack of name recognition.