The other reason of course is their farm bench got decimated in the last several election cycles.
They can’t attract and recruit talent because no one wants to serve decades in the minority.
Ambitious people will run as Republicans.
They’re simply screwed.
This is obvious in Alabama. There’s just no one with talent or skills running for any of the major offices within the state. It’s different with mayors...probably half the mayor positions within the state are Democrat, but they never seem to get any traction to go beyond that.
“Ambitious people will run as Republicans.”
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Just as US will be if extreme vetting is not done on these newcomers once they’ve made a decision to crossover.
We’ve plenty of RINOS in our own camp. We need no more.