[Freee-dame]

Dems will do whatever that can to ruin the lives of conservatives running for office as a Republican. They go after their families as well. This has to stop many good people from running for office as a Republican in a Dem State.

I believe that this unspoken threat is what kept Mike Ditka from running for Senate in Chicago. If he had run, we would probably have been spared the Obama years.

[livius]

Definitely. I think the GOP, as a party, needs to do more about defending its candidates and also calling attention to the attacks on them. The press tries to minimize or completely ignore this, so it’s not going to be made public unless the party itself does it.

It’s true in NYC, but as you point out, it’s true everywhere. There’s massive pressure against Republicans in our big cities, and the party organization does nothing to fight back.