Neither is the base - for when so-called “MAGA candidates” - including Trump himself - win their primaries, they keep their wallets closed and sit on their behinds. Look at the fundraising numbers. The Dem base works their tails off and forks over the cash, leaving our own candidates twisting in the wind, at the complete mercy of establishment PACs and orgs that should only be supplemental support and should not be what is depended on to win. The candidates have to be able to stand on their own two feet as well. And so, the beat goes on. Our base has been disengaged since 2018...the disintegrating RNC since Preibus left after 2016 is part of it, but it isn’t all. The talk radio circuit is far less engaged in the basics - they would talk about miniscule races that were special elections and get national attention to them and get the base out to vote and support the candidate - weeks and even months ahead of time. Now they hardly mention it even the day of, let alone being all hands on deck for weeks or months beforehand. But the Left and all of its organizations were full steam ahead. They outraise and outwork us at every turn...and that cannot be blamed entirely on the establishment as the nonestablishment candidates have the exact same issue.
Don’t know how we turn this around...but we are in serious trouble, once again, for November 2024 if this pattern of the last several years continues.
Since 2018, Republicans have been mostly losing all the key races. Who’s the head of the party? Who’s the face of the party?
Priebus, McDaniel, and Whatley are all Swamp RINOs. But who appointed Priebus to a government post and then supported McDaniel and Wahtley?
Rush talked mostly about issues, with a bit of focus on elections. Beck does that. Prager talks about things beyond politics, though important to the culture. Most of the rest are political junkies driven by the latest polls.
I dunno. I hear Wilcow (and even Vanity) talk to people running in “miniscule” races all the time. Wilcow had Hageman on when Lizard was still a Congresscritter backstabber.
Vanity had the Black candidate on. I have no idea if she discussed her party affiliation or not. Can’t take Vanity for too long anymore.