[rbmillerjr]

“159 Trump endorsees won and 17 lost. The endorsement success rate in that group of races was 90%.”

Completely irrelevant. His picks lost key Senate seats we needed to flip the Senate. Especially Pa where we were walloped by an eggplant... and Arizona, and maybe Nevada.

It’s not all Trump’s fault, but they were his picks and he has nothing to brag about in a midterm where the out of power, Party, usually wins big. 40 year Inflation and we can’t win big is a devastating result.

[jacknhoo]

“Party, usually wins big. 40 year Inflation and we can’t win big is a devastating result.”

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Thanks for validating my statement:

“We had so much to run on this election, regarding the totalitarians during this pandemic, destroyed economy and retirement funds, WWIII proxy war, compromised and dysfunctional first family and a horrible VP, energy independence destroyed, vastly weak and woke military, corrupt DOJ, corrupt CIA, wide open borders, Afghanistan withdrawal debacle, CRT and Transgenderism forced in public schools and so much more.

What did the GOP run on? That’s a good question, eh! They didn’t. They threw this red wave under the bus and they colluded again with Democrats/RINOs to let them keep power.”

[Alberta's Child]

Of those three states you mentioned, only PA is even relevant to the Trump-vs-Establishment candidate question. And even that’s not a clear indictment of Trump because Oz was very likely the best candidate for that race anyway.

In Nevada, Laxalt is as “establishment” as you get. And a lot of folks here seem to be forgetting how fouled up Arizona has been for several election cycles. Remember — AZ is the state where establishment hack Martha McSally had the embarrassing distinction of losing two consecutive Senate elections in the same state (in 2018 and 2020).