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Not voting for McConnell is a necessary first acid test.

I have the same high expectations as you. Heck -- that's why I've never been registered as a Republican in the first place.

I'm talking about political processes and the realities of operating in a legislative body. I'd love to have you (and other Freepers) answer the question I posed to you earlier: If a GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate announces that he won't support Mitch McConnell for the GOP leadership post in the Senate, then who is he supposed to vote for?

About the 2023 Republican leadership vote in the Senate, Alberta's Child asks: If a GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate announces that he won't support Mitch McConnell for the GOP leadership post in the Senate, then who is he supposed to vote for?

A fair question. Best case would be to vote for a genuine conservative challenger who can win. Second-best, vote for a genuine conservative challenger who has no hope of winning but whose campaign gets some votes, to send a message.

If you're implying that there won't even be a challenger -- regretfully, I think you're probably right. But in that case, conservatives can simply abstain.

Suppose there are 53 Republican Senators. McConnell chosen as Majority Leader by a vote of 53-0 tells him "Steady as you go, no changes needed." A vote of 50-0 with three abstentions tells him that there's some dissatisfaction with him. And a vote of 40-0 with 13 abstentions would really get his attention.