Quote (Black XistenZ @ Nov 13 2022 06:59pm)
Ousting pro-impeachment Republicans in solid-red seats with a Biden midterm upcoming seemed like a reasonable approach at the time. From the point of view of a GOP base voter, even sacrificing this seat for one cycle would have been worth it in a 235-200 R House or something along those lines. No one knew that a ton of various factors would come together over the following months to put even the minimum goal of Republican control of the House in question, to the point that every single seat ended up mattering.
Reasonable in what sense? It's not that surprising center-right and independent voters wouldn't be thrilled with the Republican party becoming even more insane and cruel. I'm not saying that's the only explanation for the 2022 results, but if you look at some key states, election deniers/crazy people did worse than the normie Republicans.
I seem to recall your justification for the Republican party metaphorically stringing up the R-impeachment voters is that the Republican base wanted it... like a "do what your constituents want" type argument. Well, the GOP base wanted Kari Lake(they wanted her because she's a nutty election denier who is good at media and was endorsed by Trump), and she lost to a bad candidate who wouldn't even debate her. Maybe politicians should not follow every bad idea their primary voter base has?
So, after these election results, do you still believe the Republican party should be led by people who appeal to the most rabid, extreme GOP voter?