Spot on, MM. Even if Trump doesn't get the nomination [IF], Trumpism is still alive and well and has taken over what used to be the GOP. DeSantis is a Trump impersonator. So is Hawley. Cruz has so little backbone he didn't stand up for his own wife and father. Who exactly is the 'turn-the-page/fresh-start' candidate?
Spot on, MM. Even if Trump doesn't get the nomination [IF], Trumpism is still alive and well and has taken over what used to be the GOP. DeSantis is a Trump impersonator. So is Hawley. Cruz has so little backbone he didn't stand up for his own wife and father. Who exactly is the 'turn-the-page/fresh-start' candidate?
The problem is that anyone who makes it through a republican primary is, by definition, not acceptable to a general electorate. The republican base has become so extreme that only an extremist can win. That's a formula for defeat in a general election.
Spot on, MM. Even if Trump doesn't get the nomination [IF], Trumpism is still alive and well and has taken over what used to be the GOP. DeSantis is a Trump impersonator. So is Hawley. Cruz has so little backbone he didn't stand up for his own wife and father. Who exactly is the 'turn-the-page/fresh-start' candidate?
Asa Hutchinson?
Most people would probably say, "Asa who?"
Ben Sasse? Er, no. Not electable and he has a new gig.
Liz Cheney? Too principled, too honest. She actually takes her oath to the constitution seriously! LOL.
It would seem that anyone "electable" that the GOP puts up will be unfit for office. Not sure why, but that's where we are.
The problem is that anyone who makes it through a republican primary is, by definition, not acceptable to a general electorate. The republican base has become so extreme that only an extremist can win. That's a formula for defeat in a general election.