What this is ,is we who identify with the Republican Party,have finally had it up to our ears with the elites cherry picking our nominees.It seems we are having less and less of a say in the process.Trump,who pretty much all of us can agree,is not our first choice,maybe not even an option at all.However,he represents the frustration the electorate are feeling over politics as usual.Now those same elites apparently have found a way around thecTrump phenomenon and will still choose the nominee of their liking.Once again the party will lose to another Dem.We the people are the ones who get to deal with the fallout.Disgusting!
I don’t understand this post. The Democrates are the ones with the super delegates. The Republican Party elects who wins the primaries (unless no one receives enough delegates). PACs give money to people who are winning the primaries.
The real problem that Republicans have is presenting a carismatic nominee.
Also, let’s look at this election Gov K. Is the only one left in the race that has a record of results in Govt. but no one outside OH is votting for him.
I’m a life long Republican, but the party is in BIG trouble if we can’t find a way to attract urban and suburban voters.
In some of our big cities, we don’t even have Republicans running for Mayor on the Republican ticket… You have Democrats switching parties just so they can run against the Democratic Mayor candidate (but they are still really Dems). Mayor Bloomberg is a prime example and the last Philadelphia mayoral election was the same thing.
This nation is quickly become urban/suburban vs rural in the elections. If you look at the county election maps (not state level) the rural counties vote Republican while the urban/suburban counties vote Democrat. As the population centers of the States and nation continues to shift towards the cities, the Republican Party will truely become a minority party.
We need to figure out how to attract the urban and suburban voters without our stance on moral issues.
Transportation is a perfect example. Republicans have a tendency to vote against Amtrak and other public transportation bills. Republicans need to support urban infrastructure enhancements … Many urban/suburban swing voters will vote democrat because of transit or other urban issues.
So I don’t understand this… We have gotten who we vote for.
HOWEVER, the one place I strongly feel the Republicans have had a tendency of screwing up is the VP choice. The Vice President has NO power unless the President dies. The VP canidate is selected after we have a nominee.
So WHY in the world do we pick VP candidates to satisfy the Republican base instead of candidates who would help use win moderate swing voters!!! Sarah Palin hurt John McCain’s chances with the moderates, Dan Quayle should have been replaced by GHW Bush, Dick Channey wasn’t the best choice but GW Bush won anyway. I’m not saying we need a left leaning VP candidate, but we should be picking the best person to balance the ticket and someone people would be comfortable being President. The thought of John McCain dying in office and Sarah Palin becoming president scared too many moderates. I personally know several people who voted in 2008 for the VP and not the president… Meaning they voted for Biden over Palin because they were not sure who would be the better President, but felt Biden be better than Palin if anything even happened to the President.
Point is: we can say whatever we want about the Republican establishment but they are not the reason we have the candidates we vote for.
If anything, the Primary voting order is a little messed up. The parties should adopt the “Delaware Plan” for primary voting which would make for a more fair an balanced Primary system. Right now, if a candidate is weak in the South, they might have to drop out of the race before the Northern and Western states vote. And since the early voting results impact voters, it gives an unfair advantage to the early winner.
God Bless and May God help America find its soul once again.
Amen.
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. I will have to check this out. Thanks.