Which GOP President of the modern era had the best long view of trying to make conservative gains not only for their term but beyond it?
I've been watching old SNL starting from 2010, I'm now on 2012. It was an interesting GOP primary. My question is who did you support for GOP president in the primary, and in hindsight would you now have chosen someone else?
Here were the Candidates
Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
Newt Gingritch
Ron Paul
Fred Karger
Buddy Roemer
Rick Perry
Herman Cain
Jon Huntsman
Michele Bachmann
Their website is not that helpful. Just wondering if there is word of them with a continuing roadmap of expansions still coming?
I've been trying to think about how to distill that difference. What is the simplest way of explaining what differentiates a libertarian conservative is from the hypothetical median conservative?
EDIT: I agree that populism started on the Left (which is part of my disdain for it). I asked in this order because the current state of things is that MAGA Rightwing populism is in the driver seat.
I'm anti all populism. I see it as a catering to the least common denominator for political gain. The rise of the DSA has me concerned that as the pendulum swings from MAGA populism, the Left will believe that they need to answer populism with populism as a political strategy, rather than see it's flaws and turn away from it.
In my gut I feel that the populists on either side are made up of 10% true believers, and 90% more simple people that have doomscrolled themselves into extreme answers.
Do you think this trend towards populism on both sides is only going to get worse and swing the pendulum further in reaction to each other, or will we find our way out of populism?
I'm split.
Cons: America looks weaker, unfocused and a fair bit of our munitions have been expended. We will also have less taste for more foreign interventions (like protecting Taiwan).
Pros: This misadventure, and the turn that Ukraine has had in the Russian invasion. Makes attacking sovereign people look a lot less easy in the modern era of war. Economic retaliation of the attacks looks more viable then ever.
What do you think China's takeaway will be from this moment?
Rib cage infection, but the Postherpetic Neuralgia was spread on the full side of my abdomen.
Day 1-3 (undiagnosed) sharp abdominal pain center left under rib cage. Thought it was a GI issue.
Day 4 rash started
Day 5 Realized it was shingles and got a perception for anti-viral. Rash fully spread from spine to belly about 2 inch band.
Day 12 fully scabbed over starting to heal.
Day 14 Postherpetic Neuralgia really kicks in, becomes very hard to sleep. Can't have a shirt on at all.
For the next 20 days the Postherpetic Neuralgia was constant, didn't get any better or worse but it is covering my full abdomen left side from shoulder to waist.
As of about 3 days ago it finally started retreating. I can finally tolerate a shirt for at least a few hours a day. Sleeping is still tough. Sleeping on the left infected side is easier than on the normal right side, because the slightest touch can still set it off.
Just happy after 20 days of going nowhere it's finally starting to retreat, so happy to be able to go back to the gym.
Best of luck y'all, it's a beast.
The point of endorsing early was to keep the GOP spend down on this race and not waste the money. What is the logic in waiting until now?
Also doesen't a Paxton win make this tough race even tougher for the GOP to win?
I personally thought he should have endorsed Cornyn as a Real Politic move as he would be stronger against Talarico. But that said I understood why he decided to just let this race run it's course. But to do this at the last minute? I don't get it. Any thoughts?