Being a good candidate isn’t just about having a good issues checklist. It’s about being able to persuade. Persuade people to believe in your cause, persuade people to give you their money, and their vote.
Conservatives are supposed to be all about personally responsibility. Yet nobody on FR wants to take a critical look at their candidate and recognize their flaws are what did them in, it’s always somebody else’s fault.
If Hunter couldn’t gain traction, it’s HIS FAULT as a candidate. Not the fault of anyone else. Same applies to my candidate Thompson. In the end he wasn’t a good candidate, either. I’m not going to be a crybaby and blame the voters.
I’m not blaming the rank and file voters, I’m blaming the conservatives who actually pay attention. If all the folks who said I really like Hunter, but gee, he probably can’t win, would have instead sent him 50 or 100 bucks, we would not be in this ridiculous place.