...I have to think he's smart enough....and she's smart enough to realize if they win this, they won it because the 'base' pulled them through and the 'base' expects good things from them....
If he even thought of dissing the 'base' once he's elected (if he's elected) I can't imagine she would be silent!
She may. She may not. He may just tune her out and there isn’t a lot that she can do about it if he does.
As a challenger to an incumbent, she could criticize the party and the incumbent from that party. Will she do the same when she is part of the administration? I hope that she does.
Don’t get me wrong. I like her. I just don’t believe that she will have as much of a chance to be as outspoken as we’d like.
The bottom line is that I don’t trust him to care what we think so I won’t get my hopes up. She definitely will be the better half of the team, but just as surely, the weaker half.