I’m afraid that the Republicans, having taken control of the House and quite possibly the Senate, will be getting the blame (via the MSM) for downward spiral of the country . . .
Democrats were able to pretend that Republicans were doing just that and that strategy worked for the Democrats.
Is it possible that actually campaigning on those issues would mean victories for Republicans in the states where they lost? Where is the logic in that?
It's not Eisenhower's or Nixon's or Reagan's America anymore.
Democrats are emotional and only learn through pain.
Pain has not hit them yet.
“Present a compelling vision of the future”
Gee, ya think?
AND, achieving real accomplishments that their base wants that they can tout. "Trying" and "stern letters" just doesn't cut it.
Because not enough Republicans bothered to vote.
Only 46.9% turnout.
You have to show up if you want to win.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/voter-turnout-2022-by-state/
Defensive ‘Victories’ On The Right Aren’t Going To Save The Country
Err no, the big lesson should be "Voting isn't going to save the country"
2. All of the Senate/House campaign material I received from the GOP included promises to pass X, Y and Z legislation. That meant nothing to me because I knew the GOP was already in a position to do that sh!t in 2017-18, but never did.
So you have a political party that is destined for oblivion -- because liberals hate them and conservatives don't trust them.
Because it was massive gaslighting to make you disappointed and demoralized as the democrats stole key races under your nose.
The GOP will never be a conservative party, they may throw conservatives an occasional bone, but that’s it.
Ben Shapiro is the Jim Cramer of political advise.
He should retire in shame after pushing the clot shots.
Midterm total votes in New York District 4
2018 - 100,000 R / 160,000 D
2022 - 138,000 R / 128,000 D (95% counted so far)
Republican voters UP 38,000 from 2018
Democrat voters DOWN 32,000 from 2018
Republicans go on the offensive? I hope I live long enough to see tha; however, it has to be done right (i.e., attack the problems and issues with hard-hitting solutions, not pie-in-sky, MAGA-like platitudes and personality attacks. )
Best part of the article...”Sorry, but the era of normalcy and being left alone is over. The left will never leave us alone. They want to win and wield power, and if we want to stop them, we will have to win and wield power ourselves. Conservatives who want to be left alone will simply lose, as they have been for decades now.”
“Why was there no red wave?”
Glad you asked.
Because while the FR analysis of why people hate the Democrats is 100% correct, FR is blind to the fact that people hate the Republicans MORE, and for good reason.
It took the 1968-1980 period to turn elections from who do you like to who do you hate, but we’ve been stuck there for years now. Appeals about policy are fruitless.
To hit back hard, an opposition party very different from the GOP would have to exist, and run on JD Vance’s “The decline of America is a choice” slogan.
The GOP cannot do this because the choices that are destroying the nation, the really important ones, are beloved by the “donor community” and therefore are shared by both parties.
Consider: Is there another state that selects leaders by voting that has a “donor community”?
The GOP cannot and will not make “Reverse the decline” (a fancy way to say MAGA) their policy, because they do not want the decline to be reversed. They want to make it worse. And, yes, they want to make it worse to make the “donor community” richer.
Just look how far they were willing to go to destroy MAGA. OK. mission accomplished. MAGA is destroyed. What now?
1) National decline is a policy. Vote against it. Make yourself a single issue voter.
2) Red cat, blue cat, no matter. Does it catch mice? (Thanks Deng)
3) DeSantis/Vance 2024. And let DeSantis do the talking and Vance do the thinking.
4) Mar a Lago? Turn out the lights. Donald is an outer boroughs guy, like me. That’s why I love him so much. But any New Yorker up from the streets knows when to fold the con. Time’s up.