Yeah, that seems to be the shocking part that a lot of his type, and RINO's refuse to accept.
There is a deep red fucking base that is far larger than anyone belives, and winning over the center-left is actually a losing proposition. Trump isn't a God Emperor, and he wants to portray himself as a Kingmaker; but the truth is that he is just an Avatar for something far larger.
Look at JD Vance by comparison to Dr. Oz. Oz is clearly a celebrity slime-ball that Trump figured could win because of personality. JD Vance is not a charisma machine, but holy shit does he speak to the rural midwestern poor and lower-class. No surprise he wrote Hillbilly Eulogy. That, and he's absolutely one of our guys. Winning Rob Portman's seat was going to be a win, but he fucking absolutely trounced Tim Ryan because the deep red parts of the country can be energized.
The republican base is much further right than the party. You could openly run race realists as candidates and your major opposition would be the establishment, not the base.
In the interest of steelmanning positions, I will say that it seems Vance feels abandoned by Trump. He is still pushing the same policies, but when he was giving his thank you’s, Trump was not on the list. Could be nothing, but still a data point to consider.
Not that The Turtle and RNC helped much either. They deserve the lions share of the blame, but Trump is not innocent either.
Yeah, I'm not saying Trump's political strategists are up to Karl Rove's standards here; but it definitely feels like the Establishment GOP would rather lose every election than let Trump win thrice.
Yeah, that seems to be the shocking part that a lot of his type, and RINO's refuse to accept.
There is a deep red fucking base that is far larger than anyone belives, and winning over the center-left is actually a losing proposition. Trump isn't a God Emperor, and he wants to portray himself as a Kingmaker; but the truth is that he is just an Avatar for something far larger.
Look at JD Vance by comparison to Dr. Oz. Oz is clearly a celebrity slime-ball that Trump figured could win because of personality. JD Vance is not a charisma machine, but holy shit does he speak to the rural midwestern poor and lower-class. No surprise he wrote Hillbilly Eulogy. That, and he's absolutely one of our guys. Winning Rob Portman's seat was going to be a win, but he fucking absolutely trounced Tim Ryan because the deep red parts of the country can be energized.
The republican base is much further right than the party. You could openly run race realists as candidates and your major opposition would be the establishment, not the base.
That depends on what you mean by race realists.
In the interest of steelmanning positions, I will say that it seems Vance feels abandoned by Trump. He is still pushing the same policies, but when he was giving his thank you’s, Trump was not on the list. Could be nothing, but still a data point to consider.
Not that The Turtle and RNC helped much either. They deserve the lions share of the blame, but Trump is not innocent either.
Yeah, I'm not saying Trump's political strategists are up to Karl Rove's standards here; but it definitely feels like the Establishment GOP would rather lose every election than let Trump win thrice.