I maintained about 6 months ago that the Republicans need a good win - in the same context as the (very) Hon. Rep. John Lewis invoked the phrase "finding good trouble." And that good win, I said then, would be Mike DeWine and Will Hurd. Both have minimal political blemishes. Mike DeWine won h…
I maintained about 6 months ago that the Republicans need a good win - in the same context as the (very) Hon. Rep. John Lewis invoked the phrase "finding good trouble." And that good win, I said then, would be Mike DeWine and Will Hurd. Both have minimal political blemishes. Mike DeWine won his re-election in a less pro-Trump state by 26 points (compared to Ronny In Florida's 19 points in a deep red state); maybe that had to do with his genuinely compassionate response to Covid...? Will Hurd's presence in the Vindeman appearance (and others) at the 2nd Trump impeachment was so stellar that I said to myself: "With Congresspeople like him, who needs Democrats??????" He's a very shrewd pol; I don't think he ever intended to make a real dent in the Republican field - I think his intention was never to win; he probably was looking for a VP nod all along - but with a candidate he could help make stronger. By endorsing Haley, he very clearly has sent TFG the message that he will not be available to the TFG as a VP. Smart guy. I also said 6 months ago that if the Republicans actually endorsed the smart ticket of DeWine/Hurd, I'd vote for that ticket myself, and not because they are better candidates, but because they are sufficiently conservative and sufficiently honorable to the extent that they would never indulge in the lunacy of the Trump years. This country DOES need to wean itself off of the Trump legacy - badly. And it will not happen unless they can be given an olive branch of legitmate political appeal. The Trump base will not be appeased; but if Republicans want to prevail they need the Independents and a WOKE conservative-centrist coalition. Any of the current crop of Republican candidates (maybe just maybe minus Haley) are in no position to help this endeavor
Re: Will Hurd drops out/endorses Nikki Haley -
I maintained about 6 months ago that the Republicans need a good win - in the same context as the (very) Hon. Rep. John Lewis invoked the phrase "finding good trouble." And that good win, I said then, would be Mike DeWine and Will Hurd. Both have minimal political blemishes. Mike DeWine won his re-election in a less pro-Trump state by 26 points (compared to Ronny In Florida's 19 points in a deep red state); maybe that had to do with his genuinely compassionate response to Covid...? Will Hurd's presence in the Vindeman appearance (and others) at the 2nd Trump impeachment was so stellar that I said to myself: "With Congresspeople like him, who needs Democrats??????" He's a very shrewd pol; I don't think he ever intended to make a real dent in the Republican field - I think his intention was never to win; he probably was looking for a VP nod all along - but with a candidate he could help make stronger. By endorsing Haley, he very clearly has sent TFG the message that he will not be available to the TFG as a VP. Smart guy. I also said 6 months ago that if the Republicans actually endorsed the smart ticket of DeWine/Hurd, I'd vote for that ticket myself, and not because they are better candidates, but because they are sufficiently conservative and sufficiently honorable to the extent that they would never indulge in the lunacy of the Trump years. This country DOES need to wean itself off of the Trump legacy - badly. And it will not happen unless they can be given an olive branch of legitmate political appeal. The Trump base will not be appeased; but if Republicans want to prevail they need the Independents and a WOKE conservative-centrist coalition. Any of the current crop of Republican candidates (maybe just maybe minus Haley) are in no position to help this endeavor