The R candidate must be 100% pure conservative. If he/she isn't there's a group that would rather have a Democrat.
North Carolina is the perfect example. The hard line conservatives backed an OB/GYN with no experience in the primary. They're still p.o.'d he lost and would rather have the flaming liberal.
Doesn't much matter any more. The R's got us into the mess too, albeit somewhat less enthusiastically than the D's. There is nothing that can fix American politics now, except maybe running non-politicians. E.g. a medical doctor.
there is a term for choosing an absolute flaming liberal with whom you disagree violently 100% of the time over a semi-conservative that you agree with 80% of the time; that term is “temper tantrum”.
And that, in a nutshell, is why we keep losing.
They’re still p.o.’d he lost and would rather have the flaming liberal.
Nuh uh, they will support Tillis.
I really don’t think this is a case of conservatives nursing a grudge against Tillis. He is running a dreadfully ineffective campaign. Tom Tillis is losing all on his own.