I love this.
The only way to build a new party, or “takeover” an old party, is from the ground up.
Third “party” candidates who appear at the presidential level cannot succeed in our winner-takes-all system. And even if they manage to get elected, they have no apparatus from which to “fund” their administration and exert power in Congress.
But, again, building from the ground up CAN work and doesn’t have the same risks of turning the country over at the highest levels of government.
Even if Hoffman loses, this will have a powerful and positive effect on the GOP or the party that will develop to replace to GOP.
“Even if Hoffman loses, this will have a powerful and positive effect on the GOP or the party that will develop to replace to GOP.”
Exactly...it’s the conservative side sending a shot to the party apparatus that’s telling them “We ain’t gonna take it!”
There’s really nothing to lose on this particular election. If the dem wins, the dem will side with the dems. If the Republican wins, she’s gonna side with the dems. If Hoffman wins, we get another conservative vote in congress, and no matter what, the battle lines become clearer with a message is sent to the country club GOP that selected a candidate like this.