Hoffman isn’t the issue. The issue is that the GOP needs to attract and back conservative candidates. Hoffman himself wasn’t the greatest candidate, he was the vehicle to fight RINOism. And he succeeded and deserves our thanks.
No, stop with the liberal/left spin. He “succeeded” by losing? No, he managed to show that he vastly out-pulled the RINO, and if the social-libs would have backed him, he would have won. But that’s a big “if.” The fact is, he lost-—Scuzzy would have lost BIGGER. So the issue isn’t whether a conservative can beat a RINO. The issue is, how do we as conservatives hold the line and yet STILL offer a package that allows the “social liberals” to ditch THEIR “principles.” It is an important question. Hoffman obviously didn’t have the answer, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an answer.