They claim that the inability of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to gain traction in the race for the GOP presidential nomination is due to his emphasis on the culture, rather than his own shortcomings as a candidate. On the campaign trail, Mr. DeSantis is about as exciting as tapioca pudding.
Republicans’ failure to do better in the 2022 election is attributed to the Dobbs decision (overturning Roe v. Wade), which supposedly sent legions of voters to the polls shouting: “Give me abortion on demand or give me death!”
On the other hand, the disappointing results of the midterms could have something to do with the dismal quality of GOP candidates or former President Donald Trump’s insistence on turning the election into a referendum on himself.
When pro-life forces in Ohio failed to pass a ballot measure last week, which would have made it harder to amend the state’s constitution to enshrine abortion, The Wall Street Journal issued a dire warning to Republicans to stay on the supply side of the street or face doom.
With the nightmare that “Bidenomics” is inflicting on the middle class (brother, can you spare a gallon of gas?), the economy will be front and center in 2024. But it’s the social agenda that mobilizes the Republican base.
The hard-core left that now dominates the Democratic Party insists on shoving its weirdness in our faces: a dude in makeup and an evening gown trying to sell us beer, students punished for using the wrong pronouns, pornographic books hailed as great literature and drag queens who mock the Catholic Church honored by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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