Indeed. The more and more time passes in this state, the more and more I realize that maybe it's not the idiot liberals that are the problem: it's the stubborn conservatives who are. They continue to stab their own party's chances at taking back even a tiny bit of semblance of power because they stubbornly sit out elections, giving even more say to the liberals in the state, because the GOP's candidate isn't conservative enough for them. This "all or nothing" attitude by many Republicans in NJ is the reason why the party continues to lose ground to a corrupt Democratic Party.
In the 1990s, we were fortunate enough to have Whitman at least bit out Florio, resulting in a pretty large tax cut. I have the feeling that many NJ conservatives have become so stubborn now that even if a candidate like Whitman (liberal on some things, but still better than a Democrat) ran, they'd actually vote against her, or sit out the election, leading to a Democratic win.
At least back then, NJ Republicans knew they had to stop the bleeding in order to heal the wound. Now, they'd rather amputate themselves than try to stop the bleeding, all because of an obsession with ideology- in a dark blue state, no less.
I wonder how long this exercise in futility will continue, until these people realize it's time to wake up and stop the bleeding.
I agree; however, in Kean's case it isn't "All or nothing" it's "Nothing for nothing"
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