Billionaire Trump endorsee J.D. Vance ran so far to the right in a field crowded of Trumpists he has left himself vulnerable to losing to a 5-term liberal congressman who has worked hard to capture the center touting his areas of agreement with ... Trump... while rationally painting Vance as extreme.
Vance has been silent for the most part since the May primary.
There's also - though I didn't go into it - the Dems' effort to advance Trumpy or hard-right GOP candidates in the mid-terms, counting on the middle to go Blue in the generals. It's kinda dirty, but politics is dirty, so Caveat Suffragator or whatever.
The view from Ohio is not optimistic.
Billionaire Trump endorsee J.D. Vance ran so far to the right in a field crowded of Trumpists he has left himself vulnerable to losing to a 5-term liberal congressman who has worked hard to capture the center touting his areas of agreement with ... Trump... while rationally painting Vance as extreme.
Vance has been silent for the most part since the May primary.
There's also - though I didn't go into it - the Dems' effort to advance Trumpy or hard-right GOP candidates in the mid-terms, counting on the middle to go Blue in the generals. It's kinda dirty, but politics is dirty, so Caveat Suffragator or whatever.
Painfully insightful, Peter. Thank you!