Democrats: 44,242,975
Republicans: 32,570,817
Independents: 31,489,028
Other: 2,640,597
None of this is what traditional conservatives like Mair want to hear. In her New York Times column, Mair said she expected to vote for former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld in the 2020 GOP primaries, assuming Weld officially jumps into the race against Trump and makes it to the voting. Her lonely call in the dead of the Republican night is for anti-Trump conservatives to return to the fold -- that is, to register once again as Republicans. She also has another, even less likely request in her dream to end Trump’s rule of her party:
“The only way to have an impact on the electoral map and ensure NeverTrump exerts serious, quantifiable political power,” she wrote, “is for all of its 2016 members to somehow get on the same page in terms of whom to support, and then collectively move to [important early-primary states] Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida.”
I no longer identify as a, “Republican’t”. I’m conservative.
Yup. May as well toss in the towel since there is no way there will be a 2nd term. NOT!
Liz’s punch line:
The ONLY way for Never-Trump-Fools to prevail in 2020 is for all of them to collectively move to Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida.
Give it up Liz, it’s over!
Liz Mair is Bush Leaguer.
Open borders Republicans MUST become extinct or the Republic will.
There is no such thing as the GOP.
I identify as Independent because the GOP is still largely controlled by Bush League Republicans.
When it truly embraces the agenda of border security and strong immigration enforcement and rids itself of Bush League officeholders that support amnesty, I will rejoin the party.
Are we seeing the beginnings of the reformation of the Republican Party??? Happening more by circumstance than plans??
I’d feel better if the GOP apologized to the country.
I mean, for a start.
“particularly Baby Boomers and Gen Xers drawn to the Republican Party in their youth by leaders such as William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp — have simply walked away from the Grand Old Party. “
There’s like eleven of these people in the world outside Wash DC.
They still grasp at straws.
And ANY Republican politician who publicly opposes Trump, outside Utah, is toast. You can take that to the bank.
What her analysis doesn’t take into consideration (because it’s too early yet) is that Trump did a hostile takeover of the Republican Party in 2016 and the integration is still in process. We see it when the worst elements like Flake and Corker disassociate and self-deport. We’ll see much more.
What will happen is the old GOP will be replaced by a new party (i.e. the “Trump party”) which will be much different than the old GOP. It will take a long time for the transformation to be completed, but in the interim, I think we’re going to see some losses in down-ticket races. There is a strong need to tell these people (youths, independents etc) what the new Repuplican party is all about.
the resistance to/sabotage of the person we elected ...from within the GOP-Establishment Elite... has been absolutely DISGUSTING!
and harmful, of course.
sorry, guys, but the People are sovereign in USA, NOT a bunch of corrupted political prostitutes hanging at their elite country club
When I see the words Republican and strategist I already know the person is a useless RINO. These people care more about their Capital connections and their memberships on the political cocktail circuit in DC and New York than the voters in their own party.
I stopped reading anything published by the Oregone-ian about 2 decades ago.
Oh jeez I guess we better let the Neocons take control of the party and let all of mexico become citizens !
Who does she consider to be a Republican? Weld is and was a baby killing libertarian.
“And independents right now are more likely to align with Democrats.”
I don’t believe that for a minute. I think a poll a couple weeks ago showed Trump’s approval rating among Independents even higher than with GOPs. Around 80%, IIRC. (Or maybe I heard it wrong ...)
Weld is a liberal globalist. If Republicans choose him, they deserve to lose.
This is the bitch that Cruz used to send out the nude photo of Trump’s wife. Trump, of course, retaliated in kind, and it nearly cost Cruz his seat last November (Trump had to come to Texas to bail him out).
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/heidi-cruz-donald-trump-melania
Oregon nonsense.
A big pile of hot steaming turds