We are at an inflection
point. The GOP's base has been ignored and marginalized by candidates and
consultants for too long. This behavior will rip the party apart if there is no
change…… . Just because a House
Republican is not a member of the Freedom Caucus, does not mean the people who
elected him do not support the Caucus. Indeed, base voters in the last three
congressional elections expected candidates to return to conservative
governance guided by conservative principles. That that hasn’t panned out is an
understatement. ……The reason we are in this internecine battle within the GOP
is because the base has been ignored and marginalized by candidates and
consultants for too long. It is this behavior that will rip the party apart if
there is no change…….. What is crazy ……is voting for Republicans who have
failed us and expect them to change. The base has a habit of cutting candidates considerable slack thinking Maybe
this time they’ll come through. But, like children, they will learn only if
we follow through on our threats and the consequences are painful.
That means
successive elections will see fewer Republicans vote for flawed candidates who
fail the conservative smell test. They will stay home, vote for the libertarian
-- even vote for the Democrat -- and will continue to do so until there is
change in the GOP or a third party alternative emerges. Either way, it’s
painful. But the party has only itself to blame….To Read More……
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