I would hope there is a middle ground. I too want America first, constitutional following conservative value candidates. That plays well in places like rural MO but I am just being practical. Unless there is a huge sea change in the mindset of the broader electorate, those candidates cannot win nationally. Another sad fact is that unl…
I would hope there is a middle ground. I too want America first, constitutional following conservative value candidates. That plays well in places like rural MO but I am just being practical. Unless there is a huge sea change in the mindset of the broader electorate, those candidates cannot win nationally. Another sad fact is that unless you have Trump level money you have to raise funds. A LOT of funds. Especially in a national race. R's don't donate like D's do. I see it even here in local races. D's have twice as many donors as R's, which doesn't guarantee a W, but it certainly helps. Valentine had $7 M to Schmitt's $3.2 M a week before the election. But you can't bootstrap an election on a national or even statewide race. I will be watching DeSantis very closely the next 2 years for sure, I don't like it either. But we need to do a better job of selling conservative values, as an awful lot of people are not buying. A radical leftist got 44% of the vote in my fairly red state senate district and he did not even campaign. I suppose the pro-pot/Amendment 3 voters voted for him.
Part of the problem of selling conservative values is one of them is personal responsibility, and too many people don’t want to take responsibility for their lives or choices. They prefer to have others tell them what to do so they don’t have to make hard choices and can always blame someone else for what happens.
I would hope there is a middle ground. I too want America first, constitutional following conservative value candidates. That plays well in places like rural MO but I am just being practical. Unless there is a huge sea change in the mindset of the broader electorate, those candidates cannot win nationally. Another sad fact is that unless you have Trump level money you have to raise funds. A LOT of funds. Especially in a national race. R's don't donate like D's do. I see it even here in local races. D's have twice as many donors as R's, which doesn't guarantee a W, but it certainly helps. Valentine had $7 M to Schmitt's $3.2 M a week before the election. But you can't bootstrap an election on a national or even statewide race. I will be watching DeSantis very closely the next 2 years for sure, I don't like it either. But we need to do a better job of selling conservative values, as an awful lot of people are not buying. A radical leftist got 44% of the vote in my fairly red state senate district and he did not even campaign. I suppose the pro-pot/Amendment 3 voters voted for him.
Part of the problem of selling conservative values is one of them is personal responsibility, and too many people don’t want to take responsibility for their lives or choices. They prefer to have others tell them what to do so they don’t have to make hard choices and can always blame someone else for what happens.