CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 10, 2022
WHAT HAPPENED? WASN’T IT SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUBLICAN BLOWOUT THAT WOULD REJECT LEFT-WING POLICIES? WHILE IT APPEARS REPUBLICANS WILL WIN A MUCH SMALLER HOUSE MAJORITY AND THE SENATE OUTCOME IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, REPUBLICANS DID NOT ACHIEVE ANYTHING APPROACHING A MANDATE.
IN SOME CASES – ESPECIALLY GEORGIA AND PENNSYLANIA – THEY PICKED THE WRONG CANDIDATES.
IN FLORIDA THEY GOT IT RIGHT. GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS RAN ON A SUCCESSFUL AGENDA AND WON BY NEARLY 20 POINTS. SAME FOR SENATOR MARCO RUBIO. VOTERS WERE GIVEN CLEAR CHOICES AND RE-ELECTED TWO COMPETENT LEADERS.
DESANTIS BURGEONED HIS CREDENTIALS AS A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION in 2024, DEPENDING IN PART ON WHAT DONALD TRUMP DOES AND WHETHER HIS LEGAL TROUBLES HARM HIS PROSPECTS.
IF TRUMP HAD NOT MISPLAYED THE 2020 ELECTION IN GEORGIA, RAPHAEL WARNOCK WOULD LIKELY NOT HAVE WON AND MUCH OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE COUNTRY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. HE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THIS RUNOFF.
REPUBLICANS NEED TO DO SOME SERIOUS INTROSPECTION. IF THEY COULDN’T WIN BIGGER WITH THE IMPORTANT ISSUES ON THEIR SIDE, ON WHAT ISSUES CAN THEY WIN? I’M CAL THOMAS.
