I can’t answer that question, it doesn’t make sense to me either. The “I’m so mad that I’m going to vote for Democrats or stay home” crowd needs to explain how that behavior constitutes a strategy that will produce more Conservatives in positions of power willing to put the brakes on government. The logic escapes me.
I’ll bite.
There are two ways to increase conservative influence in the Senate Republican caucus: 1) Beat establishment candidates in the primaries, replacing them with conservatives. 2) If that fails, reduce the size of the caucus by defeating establishment candidates in the general.
The smaller caucus, minus the Quislings will greatly strengthen the conservative voting block in the senate. The establishment cannot afford for the conservative block to get any bigger, because if it does, they will be forced to listen to it. That’s why they went scorched earth in the primaries.
We’re in a pretty screwed up situation. The only way to win is for the establishment leadership to crash and burn, so a new, more conservative, senate Republican caucus can rise from the ashes with the focus and moral authority to actually affect change.
Winning with guys like McConnell, Tillis, Cochran, and Graham isn’t going to do anything but make things worse. Those type of guys had control for years and that only dug our hole deeper. It’s time to stop digging.