> No matter how good the candidate, he can’t do anything unless he or she actually gets elected. <
Well said. It’s kinda like a flow chart, where the first question is “Does the candidate have a strong chance of being elected?” If the answer is no, goto “Pick another candidate.”
Such methodology might give us a weak, RINO candidate, which of course would be a bad thing. But is that worse than having, say, a radical socialist Democrat in the office? Each person will have to make his own decision on that.
It is a shame that we are faced with such unpleasant choices. But that’s where a biased media, ballot harvesting, etc. have brought us. Only another Ronald Reagan can right this. And I see see no Reagan present as of now.
Some on FR are trying to frame 2024 as a choice between Trump and a RINO, but I don’t know that’s the case. Trump-or-nobody types have been insinuating DeSantis is a RINO, but he certainly has not acted that way. Those who claim he’s been in secret meetings with Ryan & Co. can’t seem to provide any links to back up their assertions. DeSantis has been disciplined, and showed he had the political skills to both accomplish electoral reform and build the “political machine” to get the vote out that the Dems whined about. This is what has to be done to win, especially these days. In a blue states where the electoral system can’t be reformed right away, then we need to beat the Dems at their own game of ballot harvesting (didn’t a Republican out West do that and win?).
I’m not stuck on DeSantis, just think he shows the way, how it can be done.
Two years is a long time. I think it’s wrong to cast aspersions on DeSantis through false accusations and starting rumors — he may be the best the person to carry forward the MAGA movement that Reagan started and Trump rekindled.
Trump is a mortal man. Right now, he’s healthy, but things happen to people, especially as we get older. Strokes, heart trouble, etc. The OnlyTrumpers need to keep that in mind. We shouldn’t be getting too hung up on DeSantis, either. He may not run at all, or something might come up to preclude his running (like his wife’s cancer returning). We can’t see the future, so let’s keep our eyes out, evaluating possible candidates as honestly as we can and then work toward getting the best one elected.
We need to do our parts, too. We need to work for electoral reform. Bug those in our state legislatures from now on, volunteer to be poll watchers and help get out the vote when the time comes. I’ve been bugging my state reps and congresscritters about electoral reform for the past two years. Maybe others were as well, because at least we got paper ballots this time around.