[af_vet_rr]

There is a difference between a weak GOP and a weak candidate.

Explain that to the win-at-all-costs types who take a poll on anything and everything, and would rather go with a crappy known candidate than an unknown.

[Carry_Okie]

Explain that to the win-at-all-costs types who take a poll on anything and everything, and would rather go with a crappy known candidate than an unknown.

I would do so happily. There are a multiplicity of reasons to churn a party hierarchy, not limited to supplying candidates with national experience to serve in local government who can mentor future candidates. That's the real way to maintain an effective "farm system."