Unfortunately the coronation came a little early. The republican should never have been vetted to begin with based on issues at hand and previous service as Governor.
He won the primary, in a five way race with two conservatives each with 18 and 17 percent between them with Annette Bosworth, and Jason Ravensborg taking another ten percent. So at the end of the primary forty five percent of Republican voters rejected the mainstream candidate. That is a helluva way to insure victory in the General.
But then along comes the EB-5 scandal, and the suicide of one of Mike Rounds cabinet members involved in the failure of Northern Beef Packers, a busted example of the previous Governor Rounds economic development and the smell of blood in the water for the democrats.
The Party just couldn’t get involved with one of the two conservatives running in the primary could they, not when they had the ideal mainstreamer with the cash and the name recognition of a two term former Governor. Understandable.
Now the only conservative republican in the General forced to run as an independent, is Gordon Howie who is a Ted Cruz kind of guy, and polling last lacking any mainstream party support now going to the candidate with a huge scandal hanging over him.
Larry Pressler running on fixing what ails Congress, is a Republican mainstreamer gone hard left, as an I can work across the aisle to fix what is wrong with Washington. Dismissing the fact that Harry Reid and rules are running the Senate. Pressler’s idea involves running for one term only so he doesn’t have to campaign for cash during his term, and wielding the extra power he will have as an independent. At least that is how present Independents tell it.
I can’t wait to see how many races the Nazi wing costs the GOP. I don’t think they’d know what to hate if they actually won.