rinos control the leadership
which means rinos control the purse strings
keeping rinos in control of the party is more important than winning elections with candidates who will challenge that control
mitch has given money to vance and oz
we shall see how he treats the rest of the MAGA candidates
An old story, Everett M Dirksen was a master of this. He just needed a certain minimum number of Goper senators so he could block up legislation until he extracted the favors he needed to keep donors happy and generous. His greatest moment of fraudstering was when he held up LBJ’s civil rights package until Johnson agreed to let certain tax code changes be made which pleased the donors. Ed then released Gopers to vote as they pleased and became ‘a truly great human being’ to quote a phrase common in DC circa 1965. He became an instant hero in the lackey press and well compensated fraudster at the same time making him lengendary in the Capitol back rooms.