As I’ve said many times, they saw a wave coming and they were scared to death that a wave would sweep conservatives into their precious Senate. So they moved heaven and earth to get incumbents and their bland clones the nominations all across the country...so the gravy train keeps flowing.
It won’t last though. There will likely still be a wave, but at the lower levels, in the down-ballot races. They’ve been putting all their money and attention on the senate that they haven’t been able to manipulate the down-ballot races much. And those will be the breeding grounds for the replacements to the aging Establishment Gerald Ford admirers.
In 2010 the republicans took 700 legislative seats, and 19 legislative chambers (losing some in 2012). I’m hoping we see that happen again, move Convention of States applications through the legislatures and tame the federal leviathan.
You’re on to something. How many FReepers are planning to run for their local government offices - county, local government, libraries, school boards, etc.?
Just one lonely conservative with a bull horn media personality and some PR savvy could expose a lot of waste, fraud and abuse.
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