Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: ”If Republicans want a viable general election candidate, they’d be wise to search for someone who distinguishes themself from the crowd.”
documented after Youngkin’s victory, Biden/Youngkin voters “were more animated talking about their dissatisfaction with their local school districts’ handling of covid. They felt buffeted by changing and inconsistent policies and concerned about the impact on student learning loss, and there was a sense among some that Virginia was not following the science by keeping schools closed later than other states.”is at least tethered to reality.
So far, this pitch does not have much content. Republicans really have no plan to help students catch up. But vapid slogans and channeling voters’ irritation with bureaucrats have gotten many a politician elected. Another opportunity for GOP contenders: No one has seized the “outsider” mantle, labeling the rest of the field as ineffective and incompetent insiders, establishment figures who don’t care about GOP voters. That, after all, got Trump the nomination and presidency in 2016. Republicans still think there is a “swamp,” still dislike the federal government and still think they are victims of elite meddling.
If candidates go down this outsider road, a realistic anti-corruption package that goes after members of Congress’s individual stock ownership, conflicts of interest in the executive branch and foreign enrichment by members of an administration might be useful. A vigorous attack on Trump’s electability, a pro-parent pitch and a “drain the swamp” message might help voters see a viable alternative to Trump, someone who actually could compete in a general election. However, any person who lacks the venom, conspiracy-fixation and racism Trump exhibits might not be enough to satisfy a Republican primary base deep in the echo chamber of right-wing media.
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