Just say the president Joe Biden Having a bad week is a crime of understatement.The president has not reached that depth Jimmy Carter It plummeted, but it was reported that someone saw this well-known fat lady enter the building. It is not enough that he is not Donald J. Trump. Afghanistan’s continued collapse, the return of inflation, and the economy’s failure to create jobs at the speed economists believe did not help him. In the RealClearPolitics average on August 27, Biden’s work approval numbers were upside down.If this situation continues, various political analysts have indicated that the Republican Party is very likely to control the House of Representatives and Senate After the next election.
However, Republicans should be cautiously optimistic. They still have their own problems to solve—the biggest one is how to distinguish the sound policies implemented by the previous administration from the cult of personality surrounding this former and future American president. However, across the country, Republican candidates of all backgrounds and ideologies are imitating Trump’s style, hoping to win his support and nomination.
Whether this is effective remains to be seen.recently Republican Ohio Special Election Primary, The winning candidate ranked first in 11 fields with 37% of the vote and Trump’s support.in a Texas All-Republican Congressional Runoff Held at almost the same time, the candidate backed by the former president (she is also the widow of a congressman) was defeated by a score of 53-47.
In these competitions, what is really important in all competitions is that the winning candidate looks real. When asking voters for their support, they must show the voters their true selves.Those who use tricks to win votes often perform poorly – because George H.W. Bush 1992.He violated his signature, Reagan-style promise refused Democratic Party‘Constantly demanding higher taxes, so voters sent him back to Houston.
In many places, Republican strategists and party officials find themselves in an enviable position. They have to root out candidates who just imitated the style and position of the former president in order to win votes for support, obtain nomination, and possibly When they collapsed during the election, the election will be held once their duality is exposed.
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Now something similar is happening in Arizona, where there used to be locals Fox News Anchor Kari Lake is seeking a Republican governor nomination on a mature all-MAGA platform. After 20 years at the local TV station, she became a celebrity candidate-and she is doing her best to take advantage of this. From COVID-19 to China to critical racial theory, her improvisation on current hot topics is like Trump, and has been recognized by his most loyal followers. On paper, she looks like a candidate to watch, and Trump may appoint her as his choice to occupy the governor’s residence after the next election. Except not sure if she is real, and everything she says now is very different from what she said on the radio in the past.
Quick search display on the Internet Her contribution arrive John Kerry with Barack Obama During the presidential campaign, she turned to the “Democratic Party” through registration and interviews with Obama in the spring of 2016, which can best be described as flattery. According to a longtime member of the Arizona Republican Party, this is worrying.
“On TV, she is’fake news’.” Now she is a’fake lake’,” he told me candidly. He was worried about her baggage-she actually pleaded with Biden to run for the election in 2016 and supported it at one time Former Ohio Governor’s presidential ambitions, and vowed to “never Trump” John Kasich And announced on the radio that she thought Hillary Clinton Won the first debate.
“The worst thing is,” he told me, “she denied supporting Trump during the election, but she is now his mini-self.”
Lake used to be a news broadcaster. Now she is an ambitious politician. If she is not a real person, and we cannot be sure that she is, then she will give Republican leaders a lot of sleepless nights from now to the primary election. Just like dozens of other candidates who believe that the road to victory can only be through the Sea Lake Manor.
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