figure out how to compete if in this new era. of brit, what kind of conversations are you hearing on that front about how republicans may have to change the i way they do this? well, that s perfectly sound advice, but it seems to me it s comparing apples and oranges. your candidate selection is a legitimate concern and always will be. it always has been really. the nuts and bolts of getting your voters to the polls and dealing with whatever rules may prevail in any given state is a related but separate matter. so there s no reason why the republican party can t deal with both. they re going to have to deal with the candidate issue. the election results proved that. they also have to deal with early voting and whether one party is taking full advantage of it and whether one party is not. i think that editorial is fine, but you can walk and chew gum at the same time, one trusts. shannon: well, and house gop leaders say that s what heir going to do when they take over in a couple of mon
figure out how to compete if in this new era. of brit, what kind of conversations are you hearing on that front about how republicans may have to change the i way they do this? well, that s perfectly sound advice, but it seems to me it s comparing apples and oranges. your candidate selection is a legitimate concern and always will be. it always has been really. the nuts and bolts of getting your voters to the polls and dealing with whatever rules may prevail in any given state is a related but separate matter. so there s no reason why the republican party can t deal with both. they re going to have to deal with the candidate issue. the election results proved that. they also have to deal with early voting and whether one party is taking full advantage of it and whether one party is not. i think that editorial is fine, but you can walk and chew gum at the same time, one trusts. shannon: well, and house gop leaders say that s what heir going to do when they take over in a couple of mon
anything that i can help herschel walker with. i will be there today helping him. i think the point rick scott is exactly right about that. it is easy to sit here and say the georgia race does not matter because it does not determine the senate leadership ante is correct, but it is still a very important race. especially going forward. that one vote will matter after two years and four years, i suspect. mitch mcconnell has a real problem on his hands right now. we are already starting to see people trying to circle the wagons and the senate trying to protect him. the bottom line is, mitch mcconnell has been part of leadership for 20 years. he has been the leader for 15 years. so many other problems, whether it is addressing in different states, whether we are talking about candidate selection which he wants to dump over or we are
every time. you know, ohio looks close. and then it ends up pulling away. here is where candidate selection really matters. even in a midterm, especially in a state like ohio when you have a candidate like jd vance. jd vance wrote a very successful book. a venture capitalist coming from out of state. compared to tim ryan s appeal. so, i think ryan is a fundamentally strong candidate. i think frankly obama should go do a rally there. you talk to people on the ground in ohio, they would say we need to make sure turnout is up in cleveland. cincinnati. and we will see trump doing a rally there. the day before the election. to that point, there s other reasons besides win or loss. there has been such erosion for democrats among those types of working class, particularly white voters, noncollege white
margorie taylor greene has said, democrats want republicans dead. they have already started the killing. unquote. the alternative candidate selection used before the age of primaries and most other major democracies is the smoke-filled room. a per gortive description even before we knew smoking killed you. in this system, candidates are selected by party bosses. but consider who these bosses have traditionally been. alderman, mayors, governors, and legislators at all levels. these are people who have won general elections by appealing to the entire electorate. people who have a feel for the broader public. no group of party elders, for example, would ever choose a candidate like herschel walker. primaries, by contrast, entrust candidate selection to the most radical section of the party. social media has added fuel to the fire by amplifying the noisiest and angriest voices