See definingthemachine.com
to see what is going to happen to him.
They step into congress and owe 6 figures in “party dues”, which they have to pay or they will be relegated to obscurity.
Of course, these “dues” can be paid by doing certain behaviors that support the elite part of the party.
You know, you bring up, publically, something that is an excellent point...
I ran for a senior leadership position in the Texas GOP recently...Due to health reasons I had to back out before the convention because it would have been unfair to the district if I was unable to do what was needed in that position because of that affliction...I certainly do not anticipate being out of the mix for long though...
I always had an aversion to the implied legacy of these positions as a fundraising mechanism, that you were expected to raise a “certain amount” of money per year to the state parties coffers...
Sure, I could have supported that (in my own way and fashion), but as an expectation by the “group” (and the elites in that party) and these “leaders”, it kinda rubbed me raw...
It is symptomatic of the bigger problem these days all the way up and down the political party apparatus...
When you spend too much time worrying about your position and its implied obligations, non binding of course, the message that IS supposed to resonate to people who may very well be aligned with you philosophically, you start to lose people...
Whereas the political opposition, feeds off of emotional and physical support in the community, something the republican party is losing at an exponential rate, despite the current political/constituent temperature across the country...
I find it to be a challenge that is hard to defeat, or at the very least put into a perspective that we have other things we need to do, and this is a major housekeeping issue that is keeping us from being politically effective...
Again, just my opinion...