ACU ratings aren’t my be all end all.
I totally reject the “she’s worse than McCain” argument. She’s definitely better than today’s McCain and better than today’s Jeff Flake as well, what they were before they started to be total a-holes is irrelevent. Her Trump score is higher than both. Her precious ACU rating for last year is a just fine 85 so trashing her to the level you are is hyperbolic.
As for Ward somewhat more conservative for a markedly decreased chance of beating SINEMA is not a good trade off. I don’t care how much red meat Ward is serving. Sharron Angle and Roy Moore served up red meat and all it gave us was the runs.
I’d rather nominate McSally and have a 50% chance of getting a Senator with an 85 ACU rating than nominate Ward and have a 20% chance of getting a Senator with (if her deeds end up matching her words) a 95 ACU rating (and an 80% chance of getting a Senator with a 10% ACU rating).
Kelli Ward has served, what, 2 years as a state legislator in a safely GOP district a few years ago? Given her lack of electoral and political experience, she should run for the House in a safely GOP CD and use the next few years to prove her conservative bona fides and gain political and electoral experience. I hope that, when John McCain joins the Choir Invisible, Gov. Ducey appoints Congressman Paul Gosar (who has had a conservative voting record in the House and already has represented around 20% of AZ voters in Congress) to the Senate seat, and I also hope that Ward replaces Gosar as the GOP AZ-04 nominee in November (and, if there’s a special election for the rest of Gosar’s House term, that she runs and wins it).
It’s hyperbole comparing Dr. Ward to Chief Justice Moore and Sharron Angle. You disregard what Conservatives in AZ know and feel about Marfa. They don’t want her.
Add to that: You could’ve made the same arguments about Flake in 2012 as you’ve done for Marfa. I refused to support him, and was proven correct about him. I know a rotten RINO when I see one.