Who is the Republican candidate in Iowa CD-3?
Look, my IQ is high enough that I can reason abstractly, so I understand the “vote for any Republican” argument.
But you Republicans DO NOT UNDERSTAND that the only thing normal people hate worse than Democrats is Republicans.
And, if you are active here, you know perfectly well that, when we don’t have a critical election in 4 days, most of us are aware that the AVERAGE GOP Member of Congress is a low-appeal, scummy, swamp dweller who we would be happy to see tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.
Remember - the GOP ran SEVENTEEN candidates against Trump. The GOP in Congress has been blocking the wall, has threatened Trump with removal if he fires Mueller, and in general (McConnell and judges being a big exception) is an anti-MAGA, globalist, pro-bank and pro-big business party.
So, given an electorate with an average IQ of 95, and given the profile of the normative GOP House candidate (local businessman or shyster lawyer), and given the effort that the RATs have put into candidate selection, I won’t be surprised to see D+40 for the House Tuesday night.
As I said in January 2017, and repeatedly since, Trump had until mid-2017 to renounce or transform the GOP. I think, being a businessman, he looked at his victory like it was a hostile takeover, his opponents for the nomination like the Board, and the Members of Congress like management who, the day after the new CEO moves in report for duty and ask, “What are your orders, boss?”
Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. Any GOP candidate running next Tuesday who is not full-on MAGA is at risk of losing. And, sadly, there are lots of them.
Meh...
David Young had RINO written all over him when he first ran, but he’s proven far more conservative than should have been expected.
IA CD 3 was intended to be a toss-up district. Young, like all of Iowa’s incumbents,will survive.