Why doesn't the gop run better candidates?

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(07-28-2023, 12:14 PM)basballguy Wrote: The thing is....despite what you think you know, many GOP voters DO NOT CARE who the representative is.  Why?  Because we vote with our brains and not our emotions.  We vote for policy and the person.

I don't care if DJT cheated on his wife.  Will he lead the country and support the policies I support?  Then he gets my vote.  

With that said, I really think DeSantis (who is a great leader and excellent candidate) will walk away with the nomination in a landslide and finally get us out of this rut of old people.  Clinton and Obama were in their 40s...i think W was early 50s?  

You don't vote for people you don't like based on their personality (among other things).  You use emotion to vote and that's you're right.

Oz and Walker had no policies other than what they were told they should be for.

And that's kind of my point.  Even when they parrot the gop talking points you have to have someone who can swing some voters in states like PA and GA.  Oz was seen as a carpetbagger and Walker made so many gaffes it wasn't funny anymore.

PA rejected Oz and a Trump acolyte, Q follower.  And they both were all in on whatever the gop platform was.  But they couldn't swing the independent voters for the reasons listed.

Clinton said everything right, was more experienced and better prepared for the job.  But too many people found her unlikeable.  35% still think she should be "locked up".  

Being for the "right" things doesn't make you a good candidate.