Posted on 08/28/2018 8:33:42 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
If you add together the two alternatives to McSally, their total was within striking distance of hers; She was widely expected to win, and that expectation may have suppressed turnout that might have gone for a more conservative alternative. Neither Ward or Arpaio seemed to be a particularly compelling candidate - but if one of them had stepped aside maybe the other might have won.
What happens to McCain’s Seat?
Maybe so, but even RINOs vote correctly 80/90% of the time. A RINO is still better than a democrat.
Nepotism and dynastic succession do not sit well with American politics. There were two Adamses in the White House, two Roosevelts, two Bushes, and almost two Clintons, but only one Lincoln and only one Truman. Senatorial and Congressional dynasties are rare, and should be made even rarer.
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