I'd suggest, the real question is, are so called 'GOP rebels' really minding their manners, or have they now grown so tired of holding their noses that they are increasingly disengaged? In conversation after conversation I've had with GOP-aligned activists I've known for years, the latter appears to be the case. Even Rand Paul recently pointed out how bad the GOP brand is hurting: Rand Paul: GOP brand 'sucks'. Try to square that with any notion of a triumphant GOP taking control of the Senate and marching on to victory in 2016.
It doesn't add up. Then think about a second scenario. It's a mid-term election in which, by any measure, from the long history of mid-term elections, to Obama's current dismal approval numbers, the GOP should have won this year in what would have been viewed as a crushing wave of voter resentment. But it didn't happen.
Face it, the GOP is poised to win today only because the Democrats are having a bad year, not because they're having a good one. And an establishment GOP that by Mitch McConnell's own admission sought to "crush" it's own base in the primaries can't blame conservatives, or so called Tea Party-aligned candidates. They got pretty much the slate of candidate they wanted and still under-performed, even if they do eke out a win on Tuesday.
Read the rest here...
http://bit.ly/1pggxQy
I would also like to link to another Sentinel post that some of you have read but if you haven't, please read it. The solution to what ails the country does not lie with elections. This is not about Nov 4th, it's about every other day of they year...
Another Open Letter to the Citizens of Mississippi and Supporters of Chris McDaniel: It's Not About Nov 4th! - http://bit.ly/1zqDfII
It doesn't add up. Then think about a second scenario. It's a mid-term election in which, by any measure, from the long history of mid-term elections, to Obama's current dismal approval numbers, the GOP should have won this year in what would have been viewed as a crushing wave of voter resentment. But it didn't happen.
Face it, the GOP is poised to win today only because the Democrats are having a bad year, not because they're having a good one. And an establishment GOP that by Mitch McConnell's own admission sought to "crush" it's own base in the primaries can't blame conservatives, or so called Tea Party-aligned candidates. They got pretty much the slate of candidate they wanted and still under-performed, even if they do eke out a win on Tuesday.
Read the rest here...
http://bit.ly/1pggxQy
I would also like to link to another Sentinel post that some of you have read but if you haven't, please read it. The solution to what ails the country does not lie with elections. This is not about Nov 4th, it's about every other day of they year...
Another Open Letter to the Citizens of Mississippi and Supporters of Chris McDaniel: It's Not About Nov 4th! - http://bit.ly/1zqDfII
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