11-10-2022, 06:18 PM
(11-09-2022, 09:39 PM)Dill Wrote: Yeah. The Libertarian will be excluded.
The drama is where those votes will go.
Did people vote lib because they didn't want to vote either Dem or Repub?
So maybe they won't vote in the run off at all? That favors Warnock.
Or are they really Republicans when push comes to shove?
I'm thinking they're not worried about control of the Senate, or they'd
already have voted for Walker.
Ron has this combination of policy wonk and frat guy with a little extra testosterone thrown in. His supporters eat that shit up. He's solid at the art of owning libs, which is big on the far right.
The big question is whether or not he's a stuffed shirt or actually has the testicular fortitude to go toe to toe with Trump in a primary. Trump isn't Charlie Crist or Anthony Fauci. He's a scorched earth heavyweight in the eyes of his base and he has zero concern for past loyalties. There's not a single insult or conspiracy theory that he won't employ and there's not an ounce of dirt he won't dig up and amplify.
The GOP elders likely want Trump to remove himself so badly that it hurts. DeSantis crushed his opponent in a once purple state. He won Dade County, the bluest county in Florida. He has legit viability, maybe even a large advantage over any opponent in a general election.
Unfortunately, he still answers to the Republican base. Trump is still favored by a large margin in polling data among Republicans. Even if he wins, he has to face a MAGA base after a tough battle with their savior. DeSantis is a politician Running a campaign. Trump is the leader of a personality cult. It's tough to change people's minds when their loyalty runs cult-deep.
This could be the ugliest primary in history. If these two maim each other bad enough to take another beating from MrMagoo in 2024, it will be the most deservedly pathetic self-destruction of a political party imaginable.
Dems do a great job of shooting themselves in the foot. It seems that the GOP may have finally caught up.
