Most of the base GOP voters now realize this 2022 primary season is as important to the 2022 outcome as the November election. However, as we have noted in the two-club system, the republican club leadership are using their familiar playbook. Here’s the situation with the Ohio governor’s race.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (pictured left) shut down businesses his state during COVID and was generally one of the worst “republican” governors in the country during the covid-19 fiasco. DeWine is a typical party/club insider, a left-leaning, ultra-sensitive, spineless worm who operates, like many politicians, as a republican in name only.
Ohio conservatives want to get rid of DeWine, but the club rules are designed to protect him. The GOPe has a perfectly executed splitter strategy in place in Ohio to protect DeWine, as you can see from the latest Republican polling:
DeWine has less than 50% support amid the republican voters in Ohio. However, challengers Jim Renacci and Joe Blystone are splitting the anti-DeWine vote, creating a scenario where DeWine is likely to win the primary with less than majority republican support. [Note; there is no runoff in Ohio, whoever gets the most votes wins the primary.]
These types of party rules are designed to protect the club’s selection.
The Ohio GOPe are always going to be in control of the outcome by organizing and maintaining the republican primary rules. It’s very likely when the final count takes place tomorrow, the combined Renacci/Blystone vote will exceed the votes of DeWine. However, DeWine will advance to the November election because the non-DeWine vote was split. That’s the splitter strategy in action.
Unfortunately, we can expect this exact same design to play out in other primary races this spring/summer. Both clubs use it to control the outcome of their primary elections. If there is a direct head-to-head primary challenge, the club will often recruit another candidate to play the role of the vote splitter.
This ‘splitter approach’ is also the central control mechanism for national club organizations like the DNC and RNC. We see it play out everywhere in primary contests in order to control the outcome for the general election.
In the 2020 Democrat primary, Elizabeth Warren was told to stay in the race after Super Tuesday in order to keep splitting the primary votes which protected Joe Biden (club selection) from Bernie Sanders (popular base support). If Warren had dropped out with the other primary candidates Bernie Sanders would have benefitted; so the club told her to stay in until Bernie was fully defeated by Biden.
Both clubs use this vote splitting scheme to retain control.
The other approach is for the clubs to keep the primary ‘open’ to voters of either party. Then they coordinate voter support to enhance their preferred loser. That’s what is going to happen in Georgia where Democrats will vote in the republican primary to make Brian Kemp the GOP nominee for November. Stacy Abrams is positioned to win the November general election, but putting the weakest and most disfavored republican as her opposition.
Remember, political parties are private clubs. There are no election laws regulating how they make their own rules. The result is internal club rules that control election outcomes.
The participants inside the club are directly connected to the business interests that give the directions.
Easy: Ohio Conservatives at a grassroots level need to unite and pick one. Just pick one- either one, it does not matter. Pick one and unite against DeWine- it’s simple. People just need to activate.
Think about it.
A real conservative has a chance. A fake conservative is run against him to split the vote.
What do you get if unite behind the fake conservative?
Someone who is not entrenched like DeWine.
And if he’s the wrong guy, you vote him out next time around.
Splitters are paid to stay in the race.
Elections are simulations.
Perhaps we don’t focus on candidates but the DNC and RNC. Remove them and see what happens.
Stacey Abrams, at least in Georgia.
not easy at all, IMO.
to wit, you can simply read on where the next 200 comments will try to convince us all why their guy/gal is the “true” conservative and/or why the other one is a worm. And so it shall go.
I personally like the Solomon myth of splitting the baby in half to determine who the “real” one is: the person who is most willing to back out to ensure that a decent candidate wins – is ironically, and PROBABLY, the one you want to vote for. the others are in it for themselves.
Pick one and vote for him in primary……
if they split the vote and keep dewine……
write in your primary candidate……
and dewine gets defeated…….
you win either way…..you might have to recall the demOCrat or vote him out in 4 years……worse case……
but it sends a message to our RINOs.
I’ve been thinking about write-ins in the general if the wrong people win the primary. Or even dare I say it voting Democrat for the first time since before Reagan.
Actually, at a grassroots level change the primary process for Ohio GOP candidates. So if a candidate doesn’t get more than 50 % it is a runoff election during the primary, the top two vote-getters are in a runoff. It is done in multiple states so the GOP Bags of Richards, cant stack the deck. On the flip side, now you know who to target in the next statewide GOP election.
Renacci is another Dem light. He appeals to those who hate DeWine but are fooled by the Repub estab.
Correct. Thats why the only vote, and the one I will gladly cast, is for Blystone
Lol. You probably voted for Kasich and Taft.
Oh really? Are you fooled like the repackaged meat sold at Blystone Farm? How did Little Joe pay for his $180,000 RV?
Really? If Renacci is a Dem light then Little Joe Blystone is a Schaeffer Light. To quote Austin Carr: get that weak stuff outta here.
Is that why Remacci alwahys got an A+ on immigration on NumbersUSA.com when he was my representative? And when he had Town Hall phone calls and said he will never vote for socialized medicine to a caller and said his constiuents do not want it? And all the other issues? And when he backed President Trump from the beginning as stated by President Trump during PT’s administration? I guess being a Trump supporter early on in those primaries designates him as a “Dem Light”.
I wish. I tried explaining this to one person but she says people she knows do not like Renacci and she couldn’t explain why. I told her Renacci was one of the first on the Trump Train.
DeRINO will win because we can’t get our crap together.
To be honest I don’t know about who to vote for in Senate race and posted about it on previous article but I think it am begrudgingly switching my vote to Vance who stuck his nose in the air to President Trump and his supporters as late as ’19 until he decided he was going to run for office.
I am voting Vance. I met him last week with Steve Cortez. I don’t trust Josh with his Club for Growth endorsement. I also think that Vance is better to go up against Tim Ryan who is going to pretend like he is Mr. Populist in November. And J D will be much more influential in the Senate in a good way.
For Gov, I am going with Renacci. Blystone has been bad on medical freedom, regardless of whet he has said. We have been trying to pass a vaccine freedom bill, and he has stood in the way. Ohio AMF said this about him:
While candidate hosted liberty events, signed the HB248 ballot initiative, etc; the candidate has publicly referred to OAMF as a “unreasonable”, “establishment”, and “not with us”, and stated in an April interview that he did not take the OAMF survey because he “did not want to legitimize the organization”. Candidate has also publicly supported the House Health Committee Chairman, Rep. Scott Lipps. Rep. Lipps helped sabotage HB248 within the Republican Party; worked with liberal media to discredit HB248 bill sponsor, Rep. Jennifer Gross; and is documented as having called OAMF’s president a “terrorist”. Candidate has also publicly referred to HB248 bill sponsor Rep. Gross, and co-sponsors, Rep. Vitale and Rep. Wiggam, as “establishment
Tim Ryan lives in a damn near mansion in Howland Township in Warren, Ohio.
Tim comes from the corrupt Trumbull County, Ohio, Democrat machine. That machine is currently in retreat as the Mahoning Valley is turning red ever so slowly.
Tim’s mom worked a job for Trumbull County where she got paid very well for WHO she is and WHO her son is.
JD will mop the debate floor with Tired Tim Ryan but Ryan will have a TON of money behind him.
You’re spot on!!!
I can tell you why I don’t like Renacci. He wanted to run for governor before, when Mandel was running against Sherrod Brown. When Mandel dropped out suddenly, citing his now ex-wife’s health, Trump backed DeWine and asked Renacci to drop out of the governor’s race and run against Brown, and Renacci agreed. EXCEPT that Renacci seemed to be pouting about not running for governor, and ran a non-campaign and was practically invisible. I had friends who kept calling his office, wanting yards signs or to help campaign for him. They never heard anything back. So Sherrod won easily.
Suddenly last year, Renacci starts reemerging on facebook and wants to be governor again — doing polls on facebook to try and find “hot button” issues. I know he “lines up” on the key issues, but to me, there’s something that rings hollow about him. It irks me that he uses the old Trump endorsement from his Senate race to imply that Trump has endorsed him for governor, when he hasn’t. I voted for Blystone — sorry, but he rings a lot more authentic on the issues to me, and interestingly, I see a really strong undercurrent of support for him on facebook. I wish Trump had endorsed him — I think it could have made a difference. Will be interesting to see what kind of support he actually pulls.
So you like a fake cowboy grifter?
https://m.facebook.com/joeblystonefacts
Yes, Tony, we heard you the first 58 times you posted that. Concern noted.
He wasn’t funded, that was the problem.
I went to the county GOP headquarters to ask even where the hell were the mailers to send out on who to vote in the general. The guy said, here, take one home. They waited and waited to send those out.
President Trump said Renacci was the first on the Trump Train but you want to vote for DeRINO, which is exactly what your vote for Blystone will get you.
There was a problem when people were contacting Renacci headquarters, desperately wanting to help his campaign, and left multiple messages, and no one returned their calls. It was not just a funding issue. And there are plenty of ways you can get the word out, even on a limited budget. We all felt he was MIA, esp after he shifted to run for Senate instead of his original governor run plan.
I’m in NE Ohio, about 20 miles east of Cleveland, and he was pretty invisible in our area. A lot of my good MAGA conservative friends here are saying the same thing, so it’s not just my lone opinion.
I think I despise the Republican party more than Liberals do. Seriously.
More and more people are thinking like you.
Same here.
This kind of stuff from those who are supposed to be representing us is especially disgusting.
They are the lowest form of life on Earth.
Yes!
The Democrats are honest in their hatred of the US.
The RINOs hate us just as much but hide it. They are far more treacherous than the Democrats, therefore much more dangerous.
Rinos are TRAITORS and should be treated as such.
I do..We like to renovate stuff.
Tearing stuff down to the studs is often what is required.
Cut off your “nose to spite your face”
So what!!
Betrayal should never be rewarded..
Just my opinion and I am sticking to it..
Cheers!
Ditto.
Same here.
DeWine is a racist bigot. He is part of the cause for the inflation, open borders and continuous war. May he rot in hell. I’m tired of these hateful RINOs like DeWine and he should be called out for this hate.
Just a question , who is the designated bought and paid for “torpedo” in Ohio ? Renacci or Blystone ?
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That was my first thought, also . . .
Perhaps BOTH?
Blystone is a grassroots farmer… I’ve attended several of his events at his restaurant/cattle ranch…his signs are all over the rural areas… he’ll have my vote unless there is a united front to to pick one alternative to unseat dewine…
Renacci is my choice – not a close call. He stood aside from the governor’s race in 2018 in response to PDJT’s request that he run against Sherrod Brown in the senate race.
Far better chance to win than Blystone. But I agree with the basic thread here, splitter strategy par excellance. If Blystone actually thought removing DeWiney was the purpose, he would stand down to unite MAGA behind a single candidate. Blystone has not impressed me, except for the size of his self regarding ego.
As one further aside, Renacci has the endorsement of The Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio which is not the same as the limp Right To Life organization in Ohio (See Church Militant site). That a Right To Life named group could endorse DeWiney is disgraceful – Amy Acton as Ohio Health Chief??? Keeping planned parenthood open when he shut down so much of Ohio???
He’s got connections upon connections to Liddle Mikey DeRINO. He’s using lawyers connected to DeRINO. He has NO chance to win. His past is shadier than a boxing promoter or Sham Wow salesman.
Why did Ohio GOPe chairman Bob the Slob Paduchik give Little Joe the fake cowboy tickets to Trump rallies?
I could keep going and going on this.
Grassroots? Reselling GFS beef?
Joe Blystone Facts on Facebook.
Renacci I think but not positive. Blystone has taken a beating about small campaign finance issues
https://m.facebook.com/joeblystonefacts
Absolutely not Renacci, my former rep!
It is the Blystone character being put up to split the ticket!!!
Every time I hear a Dewhine commercial where he says he backed Trumps border wall I want to retch. He is the slime Frank Zappa sang about.
Dewine had people in the bars giving citations for serving drinks at 10:01 PM. He did a lousy job with Covid, the nursing homes were almost 70% of Covid deaths, and he shut down playgrounds and the metro park. He was a tyrant.
Who the hell are the “republicans” that are going to vote for that scumbag in the primary? The problem is not only the politicians, but also the voters in the “Republican party.”
“A $#it sandwich? Please sir, may I ‘ave some more?”
Republicans that still watch Fox News. AKA most Boomers.
Yep. I know a lot of people like that. They are on our side but are fooled by Fox and people like Hannity and Levin.
There’s two kinds of Republicans that will let Liddle Mikey DeRINO get reelected:
1) Non informed Republican voters who know more about Ryan Day’s favorite breakfast cereal and what year Ohio State beat Michigan in the snow instead of their local politics
2) Clueless Ohio voters who are wowed by a fake cowboy grifter named Joe Blystone with a Santa Claus beard (he didn’t have that crumb collecting beard before his campaign, it’s all an act) who don’t like Jim Renacci because of heresay, a bias against people who aren’t rural and they’re easily conned.
Liddle Mikey DeRINO and Bob the Slob Paduchik are laughing all the way until the Democrats win the Ohio Governor’s race in November 2022.
Maybe John Cranley is better for Ohio vs DeRINO in November.
Nan Whaley….no.
Tony, you are spot on, very upset this maligning on here about Renacci. My foot!
Is Trump supporting anyone? he needs to call out support for either Renacci or Blystone. A little phone call to the 2 and promise the one who drops out a nice position in his administration in 2024 or sooner.
lmao, trump will support dewine, guarantee it.
Blystone was at the January 6 rally…
Joe Blystone also repackaged GFS meat and sold it as “Blystone Farm” meat to schools and other customers.
He’s under investigation for election finance fraud which will be swept under the rug after the primary.
How did Little Joe Blystone buy a $180,000 RV for his campaign?
Why did his Lt gov Joanna Swallen quit the Blystone campaign so suddenly?
Tom Zawistowski reported that Trump offered to endorse Jim Renacci on the condition that Renacci endorse Vance for Senate and he refused. In my view Renacci made the right call.
Trump should have endorsed Renacci long ago. Renacci was elected to Congress on the Tea Party wave in 2010, did a good job for several cycles, and is a stand up guy. Businessman, built large car and motorcycle dealerships.
I concur!
Why would Renacci have to endorse Vance, who put us all down up to ’19! I don’t blame him and I only switched my vote to Vance yesterday and I’m still disturbed!
I guess every election cycle as I see this playing out –I cannot understand how the
people who really want change can’t work together, unite around ONE candidate and boot the RINOs out.
It has happened since Ross Perot split the vote to give us Bill Clinton. They used it during the Tea Party years…
People have all discounted the MAGA party idea, but it may be time……..
Eventually people get discouraged and worn out and just stay home–which is what they ultimately want.
And, ‘staying home’ particularly combined with “motor voter” insures LOTS of ‘registered voters’ (that don’t actually vote) that they can use, as “Ghost voters” to cheat.
So, even if you don’t vote, they fill out a ballot with your registaration, ‘voting’ for their preferred Uniparty candidate.
This has been going on for years. I researched it for 2 years 25 years ago in Cuyahoga County.
The same thing happened in Washington State in 2020. Jay Inslee, who manages to be both arrogant and incompetent, skated to re-election because of the utter ineptitude of the Washington State Republican Party. I’m not even sure if it was a deliberate strategy so much as a highly dysfunctional organization, made up of cliques that absolutely refuse to vote for anyone but “their” candidate in the primary, even though it means they’re doomed to lose in the general election!
We had one qualified, competent, reasonable candidate in state senator Phil Fortunato but he finished fourth in the primary behind three people who never had a chance to beat Inslee. The Washington State Republican party refused to get everyone in a room together and tell them to withdraw from the race so as to leave the strongest candidate on the ballot.
Sounds like the Ohio GOP party is just as dysfunctional… filled with political sycophants who like to think they are movers and shakers, when in reality all they are doing is screwing the citizens, themselves included, but they’re too arrogant to realize it!
NC is no better.
It’s a feature, not dysfunction IMHO
It is disheartening to see DeWine with anything more than 10-15% of the vote. It means the low info demographic in the Ohio GOP is strong. Given all that he has done, it is difficult to see how even a torrent of GOP newsletters could sway voters into supporting him. An incumbent RINO can always count on this kind of advantage.
On the other side, the splitter strategy works because there is no nationally organized conservative vetting agency that works to eliminate all but 1 recommended candidate to face off against RINOs. That too is something that screams out for attention but mysteriously never gets done.
Need Grassroots people organizing to get info out on him vs. other candidates.
Fake cowboy grifter Joe Blystone will pick off votes from rural Ohio who sadly are buying this scam. They also don’t seem to relate to Jim Renacci very well.
Lay right-wingers don’t understand power dynamics. Their individualism prevents them from utilizing central authority.
It’s why I’ve come to the conclusion the Right is not a serious political movement.
This is also a strategy that can be used to keep a DeWine style phony Republican from becoming a powerful incumbent. The only time I don’t vote for the Republican is when electing that Republican does nothing to advance American values.
Here in California, sometimes it is better to elect flaming liberal than to put a Leftist Republican in the seat, which only serves to provide a “..they do it too!” narrative about the Republican Party.
Would an endorsement from President Trump put one of those challengers over the top? Or is his strategy to support the GOPe incumbent because that is a sure ‘win?’
Keeping the same RINOS that stab us in the back doesn’t seem like a ‘win’ at all.
IMHO,…
PDJT is in a difficult position.
Where there is a strong MAGA candidate, that has a strong showing in the polls, he endorses them.
However, where there is NO Maga candidate, only a RINO,…OR where there is a Rino candidate, vs. a ‘weak’ MAGA candidate, with very little support, he endorses the Rino.
Understandably, he does not want to weaken the power of his endorsement, by “backing losers”.
It is NOT up to HIM, to scour the country, and in each election FIND a true MAGA candidate, AND put enough $, AND GRASSROOTS ORGANISING behind them, to make them a strong contender, so he can endorse them.
THAT is OUR job. When you see him endorsing a RINO, polling in the +50 percent, instead of a MAGA with very little name recognition, and polling at 7-12 percent, thats not on him.
More MAGA voters should have gotten behind the MAGA candidate, knocking on doors, making phone calls, …
So, its “on” the MAGA voters in that district, precinct, state that didn’t get off their as,…COUCHES and do the WORK that politics IS.
If you think you are “doing your duty” by VOTING (and thats ALL you do) then you get what you deserve.
IMHO, don’t blame Trump, he gets enough of that from the other side.
I believe several factors are in play in regards to Trump’s non endorsement of Jim Renacci.
1. Trump saw polling data which wasn’t good for Renacci
2. Trump wants GOPe support for JD Vance for Senate so he’s sitting out the Ohio Gov race endorsement.
I think the “club” may just have over-thought it this time. Renacci Is just as bad as DeWine…..total Club losers. Of course, we shall soon see, but I believe Ohioans have had their fill of both DeWine and Renacci. Lol!! We may just see an actual Farmer in the Statehouse. Or a democrat, and we’ll make his life miserable!
I’ve seriously thought of voting for Blystone over Renacci. He ran for Senate last time after Mandel dropped out at the last minute due to his wife’s illness. I had problems with the timing of that withdrawal too. Even though Mandel sounded really strong on War Room a few days ago, I still don’t quite trust him.
One thing I know is I won’t vote for DeWine. He cancelled the Presidential primary in Ohio because of Covid literally a few days before it was scheduled to be held. And he made an asinine remark about shutting down by St. Patrick’s Day because the holiday encouraged a lot of people to get together and that was dangerous.
What good does it do to have a Republican governor who is as bad as the Democrats?
Totally agree. Renacci is simply a go-along Repub that can’t be trusted. If either DeWine or Renacci is the candidate, I’m leaving that part of my ballot empty.
In the general? Don’t. Write in Blystone to send a message. Or Ronald Reagan. But do not leave it empty.
I’ll write in Donald J. Trump if DeWine is the candidate.
Two things I cannot forgive or forget – cancelled the 2020 in-person Presidential primary and had the mail-in when most people forgot there was even a primary that year.
Put masks on the children of Ohio.
How did Joe Blystone get ownership of his “farm”?
He also used a DeRINO linked lawyer to pull off that “deal.”
That’s a foolish thing to do. Renacci was my Representative and was a good one at that! Got A on immigration on Numbers USA and was supported President Trump early in the campaign, in fact President Trump said he was the first on the train. But go ahead, stay low info, and vote for nobody and let us all live under DeRINO.
Renacci was my representative and was a good one! He was with Trump from the get-go. And when Pres Trump ASKED Renacci to run for Senate after Mandel dropped out, he praised his America First. Listen to Tony Clifton he is spot on and much more informed on Ohio politics on here!
Did Jim Renacci have his Lt gov Joanna Swallen quit on a dime?
Did Jim Renacci wind up under investigation for election fraud?
Did Jim Renacci steal a farm from a dying woman?
Joe Blystone Facts on Facebook.
Renacci Is just as bad as DeWine.
Seriously?????
Renacci didn’t mandate masks. Renacci didn’t put thousands of Ohio small businesses out of business. Renacci didn’t form a spy division. Renacci didn’t ry to restrict my gun rights.
Sick of deswine…renacci gets a try at it. Blystone can’t be taken seriously imo
Thanks for throwing the election to DeRINO by voting for this showboat splitter, Blystone.
I’m undecided at this point in time, I would vote for Blystone in a heartbeat but I am worried about the splitter strategy, my coworkers are in the same situation. Dewine must go that is certain but we cannot find a united front on one or the other.
https://m.facebook.com/joeblystonefacts
What are all these Blystone shills doing here?
Renacci is the real deal and has been America First since he was my representative! President Trump had even declared that fact back in ’18 when he asked him to run for Senate when Mandel dropped out.
You’re throwing your vote for DeWine by voting for Blystone. This is why we lose.
There is no legitimacy to a political system that systematically circumvents and sabotages the will of the electorate.
Having problems with Russians? Good luck with that, RINO’s. Having problems with Chinese? Good luck with that, RINO’s. Having problems with Burn Loot Murder? Good luck with that, RINO’s. Having problems with foreign drug cartels? Good luck with that, RINO’s.
These RINO idiots, enslaved to their passion of greed, are rapidly bringing about a situation where growing numbers see a collapse as the cure. It may be that what manifests in the future is not a historically routine regime change but a French Revolution-style replacement of the ruling class. Every grifting fool thinks their scam will go on forever, but all of human history makes crystal clear that it never does.
The smarter of these people (RINO’s and leftists) know this, but they figure they will die before the civilization cycle ends with a glass of brandy in one hand and a cigar in the other. They have no sense of responsibility to future generations. They are dyscivilizational.
This is what we Americans get for previous generations allowing our ruling class to be selected by their competence in grifting money in a crony cartel corporatist system, rather than to be selected by competence in actual governance of civilization. Our founding fathers designed our system of governance for a moral Christian European people. It is not working for what we have now.
I may be naive, but why wouldnt jim renacci or joe blystone bow out for the good of the country, thereby taking away the splitter opportunity?
Exactly!!! The one behind in the polls should bow out. For the good of the state and country
Apparently that Blystone would rather buy a 180K RV with his campaign money than back out! He’s already under campaign finance court issues!
I don’t know anything about either of these two people.
So I can’t say whether either or both might be in on the splitter plan.
But generally that would be my first guess.
That happened in the last election. DeWine and his current Lt Gov joined forces instead of splitting the vote. Not sure that was the best plan for Hustead but he likely gets 8 years as Lt Gov before running himself. He was given the Bronx cheer as part of warm up crowd for Trump a while back. He didn’t know his crowd.
Hustead is a snake
Sometimes that may happen, but remember, in most cases, any of these candidates have huge egos and aren’t willing to take one for the team. They are so convinced of their own superiority that they think the other candidate(s) should be the one taking it for the team.
Because there two very different people and two very different candidates. Blystone wouldn’t support Renacci anymore than he would support DeWine!
Joe Blystone Facts on Facebook. You’re smart and I read your Twitter. Joe’s a fraud and Jim is frustrating but the best we have for now.
Jim got an A+ on Numbers USA on immigration!
One of the Conservatives has to take one for the team and drop out of the race. It is a no brainer.
They can’t. If one of them were willing to bow out, it means that other was recruited by the GoP as the ‘establishment’ candidate to split the vote. Meaning he is as bad as the current turd in office.
Sundance, this is what we really need conservative press to do. Start interviewing potential primary challengers and see if they are establishment or MAGA.
Been saying for awhile we need some sort of tracking that is easily searchable and categorized to break down the voting/verified positions of elected officials. I know it might not be practicable but it would be nice, even for state and local races.
The problem is the splitter candidate, fielded (chosen, funded, and campaign organized by the oligarchy) will never voluntarily throw in the towel. The pay-offs they get during the campaign (and after, if they go the distance) are their remuneration. They have zero incentive to ‘take one for the team’. We don’t want patriots leaving the field of battle to the RINO’s.
The Ross Perot strategy continues on…
It isn’t a “Republican” strategy… it’s an incumbent/establishment strategy in general. Democrats used it as well as the article noted.
We’ve got the same issue here in Pennsylvania in our governor and senate races. On this side of the state, there are quite a few MAGA voters surrounding Tom Gale in our governor’s race. He can’t win in the general. He’s loyal to Trump for sure, but he’s a bit of a buffoon. He’s very young and I don’t think he’s ever held a non-government job. He ran on an America first platform in the 2016 Montgomery County commissioner race. He shocked the GOP establishment by winning. I think he’s got a bit of a big head from it too. There are better, more mature MAGA candidates running, but guys like him need to drop out. We need to pick one in each race.
Old Joe Blystone need to withdraw and pledge his votes to Renacci, pronto!
No way?
Way.
Joe sucks more than a Hoover, formerly made in North Canton, Ohio.
And the Courts are no help; their have been numerous “sore loser” election lawsuits, regarding cheating in Primaries.
In many cases, the evidence was pretty obvious.
The Courts take the view, that if a Political party wants to rig THIER primary, its not a concern for the Courts; its up to THE VOTERS to ‘punish’ the party.
Sundance, you have told us this many times in the past and we all know how it works. So why would you many months ago be against forming a new party so the America First/MAGA patriots can make our own rules? You were all in on “reforming” the current party which is next to impossible because the rules don’t allow it. We missed a golden opportunity to strike while we had the momentum. Especially seeing inflation, border, war, etc now with upcoming primaries we would be in a perfect position to bury the Republican party in the primaries once and for all.
In hindsight do you now think “reforming” the current party to be a mistake? And would it still make sense to push for the formation of a new party today?
Probably because you might end up with the same “splinter strategy”?
I agree at first in the beginning this would happen and it would take time to build a base. But if a new, let’s say Patriot party was formed a few months after the 2020 election while we had the momentum, and Trump supported that party, I believe it would now have 10’s of millions of registered voters going into the primaries. If we all know the GOP is going to “split” the voting anyway so we don’t get who we want, my feeling is to try something different that in the long run could possibly take down the GOP. I have a neighborhood tavern I build in my garage and I meet with several people in the area once a month. You have no idea how many times I have heard people say we need another America First party. We can’t just keep doing the same thing year in and year out. Something has to change but I’m afraid the momentum is lost and it is to late.
Also we all know now that the political GOP club hated Trump and did everything they could to help keep him from being successful and winning a 2nd term. And they didn’t do anything about the fraud of the election because well, they wanted him to lose.
So If “our” party won’t ever let us vote again for the candidate we want and fights against that candidate well why are we in that party anymore?
There are many reasons why President Trump, Sundance and many others were against starting another party.
Simply put, because of the way our system is set up, it is virtually impossible to have a successful third party- financially and organizationally.
The state and feds control election laws and there are so many rules and filings, different in every state, that there is just no way to do it. Think about this- do you honestly think it would have been possible for President Trump or whoever to set up committees and viable candidates in all 50 states in time for the midterms and the 2024 elections? No way in hell could it be done. It would be a total waste of money and time.
If a new party could be successful, I know that PT would do it, but he knows there is no way.
That is why he has been busy purging whoever he can, doing endorsements, supporting certain candidates, etc. It’s really sad but that’s just the way it is.
I understand what you are saying but it’s “virtually” impossible not impossible. I believe that millions of Republicans would have changed party if given the opportunity and there is no time in my lifetime that I could say that. And yes I agree it would be impossible to get it setup in all 50 states. But could it been a handful of states and could we have maybe gotten a dozen or so seats in the house with the new party. Then slowly build up that party over time to get to all 50 states, etc. Or what if Trump joined another party and brought his supporters there like the Constitution party (currently only 12 states) and helped it grow. Just spewing stuff because I’m so frustrated and it never seems like we ever stand a chance.
To go the third party route, such as a MAGA party would take at least, IMHO, a decade to establish dominance and vanquish the GOPe. In the meantime, the Dems (Communists) would win everything and the country would be destroyed. Soooo, people say take over the Republican Party from within. Good in theory, unlikely in practice. Why? Because the RINOs have the money and social standing to buy name recognition. Unfortunately, as much as we wish it were otherwise, we have an uninformed and generally apathetic electorate, even on our side, and with these less committed voters name recognition counts. There are very many of these uninformed and apathetic voters and not enough of the people who would read this or similar sites.
So freakin sad, but terrible elected officials are the result not the cause of our problems which boils down to ignorance and apathy. Educate Joe Six-Pack and his wife and kids down the street from you and we might begin to turn things around.
I love you man but how many times must we be stabbed in the back before enough is enough?
I can build a brand new home faster than rehabbing a termite infested mess.
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
I love you too, but please explain to me exactly how we go about setting up a successful third party.
Seriously- are you aware of the election law requirements for each state? We are talking about setting up 50 separate organizations and running candidates. Do you know how hard it is to get someone’s name on the ballot??
I live in NY and have been politically active for decades. I ran for local office (unsuccessfully) as a Repub and as a Libertarian. I didn’t have support from the local GOP so we started a new party to give me another line on the ballot. I lost those races. I just barely got on the ballot as a Libertarian and had one line on the bingo card while the Repubs each had 4 lines. and cross endorsements.
It is a disgusting, corrupt system that we would be trying to replace and there have been some very wealthy people who tried and failed.
President Trump would do it if he could and if he thought it would succeed. For now we are stuck with the system and parties that we have.
Yes but taking over another party (Constitution Party) that already has access to 12 states could have been the start. And when people start new parties or run libertarian as you said there is zero momentum and it dies or remains obsolete. Trump could have taken over a party or started his own and instantly there would be millions of dollars and millions of people would have registered for that new party. Would it take time yes. Could we have won a dozen or so seats in the house in 2022…with what is going on in our country now, I say yes most definitely. If we keep saying “For now we are stuck with the system and parties that we have” so when exactly should we change that? We missed a GOLDEN opportunity to change the 2 party dynamic.
What Treaper117 said.
Reforming the gopE isn’t possible. The deepstate won’t permit it. And they are talking us to thermonuclear war just as fast as they can..
Yeah, yeah, yeah…..bottom line…..is it time yet to think about solutions?
Who is putting up the money to back the losers that have no chance of winning?
Always follow the money. Could it be Democrats? Could it be 3rd party backers who want to split the Republican vote to give the Democrats an easy win without even having to cheat?
So either Renacci or Blystone must withdraw and throw their support behind the other. If they are truly MAGA
Renacci=DeWine, that’s the point. He’s taking one for the “team”.
Oh really?
How long has Little Joe Blystone Lt gov Jeremiah Workman lived in Ohio?
You are completely wrong on Renacci, who was my rep and a damn good one at that! He was A+ on immigration on Numbers USA and is for medical freedom and all the issues! President Trump declared him first on the Trump Train! He was the Tea Party candidate!
Go ahead and vote for the fake cowboy and be proud of the fact you put DeRINO back in office! I will blame you and everyone that votes like you.
So, Renacci should counter-split and run again in the general election as an Independent.
Give the GOPe a taste of their own medicine.
Yes!!!!
That would be awesome. I don’t know if it’s too late to file that way or not. It should be done for the Senate race also if Vance wins the primary. This is how Lisa Murkowski got back into the Senate after losing the primary. Ran as an independent. Of course she had a ton of lobbyist money behind her, and she was able to pull in a lot of the Native Alaskan vote (due to Joe Miller’s idiotic campaign rhetoric).
Who do you want to win Senate race then? We’ve switched our vote to Vance now from Mandel. The others are out of the question, man, I remember Gibbons from ’18, NO THANKS, globallist!
I don’t necessarily believe in this narrative as I’ve always found the more candidates that are anti corruption targeting the corrupt candidate there are the merrier. Of course, this has to be their main focus. A good example comes to mind is the libertarians who once on stage more often then not have the policy knowledge necessary to complete trounce the insane leftist while the R sits there being pc like a good deep stater.
To my mind leftists aren’t much more than spoiled children – Lord of the Flies madness that are just waiting for an adult to come take care of them and not let their pettyness continue. The establishment Republicans are smart enough to know leftists are retarded and in the end there is only corruption, but not functional enough to do anything with that knowledge.
Renacci is there purely to siphon off voters from a real conservative. He;’s a pol through and through
Joe Blystone Facts on Facebook. Look it up. Read it.
Bob Frantz’s interview with Little Joe….it’s a podcast. Look it up. Listen.
Question: did Little Joe Blystone do the cowboy schtick prior to running for office? Look that up.
Gerald Stebelton is Blystone’s lawyer pulling off the deal for Little Joe ro buy his “farm.” Who is Stebelton and what connection does he have to the Ohio GOPe and Liddle Mikey DeRINO? (I know. You do the homework.)
What lawyers are defending Little Joe Blystone from election fraud? What connection do they have to DeRINO and the Ohio GOPe?
What happened when Liddle Joe appeared at the Licking County Conservatives meeting in Granville recently? Who was asked to leave?
What donors gave to both DeRINO and Blystone? Is one a construction contractor in Columbus? Do you know?
What about Little Joe and the GFS meat repackaging story?
Why hasn’t little Joe Blystone campaigned in suburban or urban parts of Ohio? Do they not matter?
What about DeRINO’s family attending 4H events at the Blystone”farm”?
Why did Little Joe sabotage HB 248, the Ohio medical freedom bill? Why?
OMG that take is bigger fake news than Fat Andy Ginther.
Really?
https://m.facebook.com/joeblystonefacts
Thanks team DeRINO for shilling for Blystone, another fake cowboy!
Renacci was my rep and as I said, he was America First and supported President Trump in his primary!
Looks like the people of OH. are gonna have to get educated about the Splitter Strategy and agree to settle on ONE candidate for Gov.
>>>> IF they are truly serious about getting rid of DeWine.
Way too late. We vote tomorrow.
Never missed a day of work, only ever had to wear a mask in a medical facility and still haven’t had the jab.
Yes restaurants and bars were closed for a time but nothing like the rest of the country.
Retired Magistrate here: Speaking from Delaware County, Ohio I have heard from a campaign worker for Renacci that it is DeWine who is funding Blystone to split the vote. Don’t know whether it is true or not, but it would not surprise me. Also, Renacci has a name recognition problem in Central and Southern Ohio. He is well known in Northern Ohio, where he is from, but not so much the rest of the state.
The interesting aspect of all this is we have been getting at least one, sometimes two flyers a day begging us to vote for DeWine along with numerous tv ads. I see a lot of Blystone signs in rural yards, a few for Renacci and none for DeWine. Don’t know what the Columbus area looks like because I refuse to go anywhere near that crime ridden city.
DeWine is a terrible governor. During the pandemic, he was on TV every day along with his health advisor who informed us that millions of people would die in Ohio if we did not stay hidden in our basements. When DeWine first shut down Ohio he made an announcement that all churches were to be closed. Later he rescinded that statement, but it was too late; most churches did close and stayed closed for over a year. Of course, bars could be open and liquor stores, but not churches. Want to go to a big box store or big chain grocery store, not a problem. Want to visit a small business, danger, danger, we can’t have that.
We also are going to have to primaries in Ohio; one tomorrow and another one in August. Why? Because our State Supreme Court keeps rejecting the re districting map submitted by the Republicans. So, we will vote for the Federal candidates tomorrow and the State ones sometime in August.
Unfortunately, we have early voting in Ohio. However, in Ohio you do have to show ID, which is something positive. There is no doubt in my mind that we will be stuck with DeWine for another four years. I think President Trump knows what is going on in Ohio, that is why he didn’t endorse Renacci, he knew he couldn’t win.
Dewine and the Ohio RINOS would easily send money to BOTH Blystone and Renacci!
According to a certain Conservative state legislator – who also wants Dewine gone – Renacci has more money than Blystone, whose presence is known mainly through billboards on country roads, and so Renacci probably has the edge over him.
No matter: Renacci struck me immediately as a shill. He will do his shill duty and take a dive. His media presence has been below a minimum even with more funds at his disposal. I cannot see Blystone getting more than single-digit support.
Dewine’s ads increased in the last few weeks: they are laughably disgusting when compared to The Truth about the little twerp.
Renacci, my rep who was first supporting President Trump is a shill? I think I know who the real shill is here for Blystone.
You are correct about Dewine-terrible Governor. He is responsible for the pandemic theater fear. It seemed like every day he and his public health head Dr. Amy Acton would hold press conferences going on and on about the Covid fear and “we are all gonna die by Covid”
These people are part of the problem. They should be locked up for violating laws and if no laws were broken they should be locked up in an asylum for the criminally insane for their actions about Covid.
Dewine mails me stuff almost daily asking for my vote. At this point I’d rather vote for someone like Stacy Abrams or pol pot. I also have not seen a single yard sign for Dewine.
columbus Ohio is a money black hole. All the money from Ohio gets sent there and then we never see it again. Where I live there is not a single mountain yet years ago they designated my county as part of Appalachia so that we could get federal funding.
if you live in Ohio vote for anyone but Dewine.
“I have heard from a campaign worker for Renacci that it is DeWine who is funding Blystone to split the vote.”
BS
Really?
Did you ask Joanna Swallen?
Blystone is a total faker, thanks for throwing your vote for DeWine.
Same with the split for the US Senate: IMO Gibbons or Mandel are the best conservative choices. Why Trump endorsed JD Vance is a mystery to me. Now the 3 way split may give us a RINO in of Timken or most likely Matt Dolan. FYI Some info from Ohio Gun Owners on Vance:
JD Vance: Big Tech Sleeper Cell, or Converted Silicon Valley Insider?
Reminder: Gibbons and Mandel support a no fly zone over Ukraine. That means they either support WW3 with Russia or do not understand how a no fly zone works. Either is disqualifying.
Matt Dolan is the real deal. Stay away from Big Money Mandel and Banxster Gibbons. Timkin… I don’t need to comment on her…
The Dolan’s caved to WOKEism and renamed their Cleveland Indians….the Guardians.
Matt Dolan is supported by Les Wexner and the usual characters.
Matt does make a good TV ad but I’ll pass.
Absolutely not!
J.D. Vance will win, Mandell is a go along to get along Rep. No better than Portman.
Malcom X despised liberals more than the KKK. His reasoning was that the KKK wasn’t lying about who they were. I despise RINO’s with the same intensity. Call me what you will, here is my favorite quote of his.
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”
here’s what they do, get a politician who’s popular with conservatives in a region of the state then get another one from another region. Then, voila the principled conservative vote is split. The state political GOPe always have enough % to survive the split then guilt-manipulate principled conservatives to vote for the RINO. They do it in Indiana every time and we end up with squishes like Pence and Eric Holcombe.
They go all out for Senators with the splitter every election in every state.
IMO, the splitter principled conservatives are in-on-it, bought off. That one of either Renacci or Blystone doesn’t drop out and pledge support to the other for the good of conservative government is proof.
Are we (Republicans) this stupid that we can’t see what is going on? Are there really that many folks who cannot get behind PDJT’s pick and carry him across the finish line?
The only thing that could save Georgia is that if either primary candidate gets less than 50% of the vote there’s a run off. The Dems won’t have a runoff. Kemp and Perdue, the Republicans, will. Hopefully the Dems won’t be able to turn out a big vote to a Republican only run-off. It’s a chancy thing, but it’s the only way I see to keep Georgia with a Republican Governor. I won’t vote for Kemp. And I’m not alone. If Perdue doesn’t win the primary Stacy Abrams will be the next Governor of Georgia.
We call them “shill candidates” here in Illinois
Like I said over a year ago, the MAGA coalition within the GOP needs to pre-primary and endorse its MAGA candidate with Trump providing the requisite stumping.
Then all the ads are Official MAGA Certified and we block use of the name through lawsuits against Republican “splitter” candidates.
It’s up to voters to be smart and make a wise decision….but they won’t. You get what you vote for.
The Texas GOP did the same thing just a couple of months ago. Allen West was a strong candidate against the worthless Gregg Abbott. But, mirable dictu, in comes Don Huffines! Vote split, RINOs win again.
Abbott has run TV ads in Ohio endorsing Liddle Mikey DeRINO.
I haven’t thrown up in my mouth so much since I spent a holiday with my ex In-laws.
So third party candidates don’t have a primary and are just automatically in the November ballot? Would be nice to see third party candidates start winning or at least getting larger percentage of votes if the other two are uniparty, which is highly likely.
Same tactic being deployed in Idaho to protect Governor Little. All kinds of “Conservatives” running.
Same tactic employed in Arizona with McSally, Ward and the splitter Arpaio a few years ago
Ah yes. The reptiles in the GOPe keeping the republican party at it’s finest. Simple how the game is tilted and the wool is pulled.
Heeeellllllllooooooooooooooooo President Trump? This is where we need you to step in and pick a Primary candidate to beat DeWine in the Primary. We need to FORGET the general election for now, because our country is going down the toilet if Democrats OR RINOs control things.
We must realize, the GOPrick RINOs would rather lose to a Demonrat (GA, Abrams will probably win) than have a true America First candidate. And I don’t know the exact numbers, but Reps probably have the GA legislature, but they will rubber stamp her policies or they will be rayciss.
Just looked it up, GA GOPricks have about a 55-60% of each senate and house edge. Naturally, they’ll give her all she wants.
Sundance and team: thank you for posting this story.
We in Ohio are led by a fake GOPe which answers to Les Wexner and the Chamber of Commerce (Steve Stivers) and Business Roundtable (Pat Tiberi). Both are former Congressmen and also answer to Les.
I believe the $20 B Intel factory being built near Columbus is a payback to DeRINO from Biden/DNC/Big Tech for playing ball with them via his draconian lockdowns in 2020-21. Oh yeah that land near Columbus is owned by The New Albany Company….Les Wexner’s land development firm.
The Ohio GOPe is run by Bob The Slob Paduchik who is a former DeRINO staffer.
DeRINO was “endorsed” by the Ohio GOPe central committee by a vote of 36-26 over Jim Renacci.
Of the 36 votes for DeRINO, 19 of those votes were from DeRINO appointees who work for Liddle Mikey or serve on his committees.
Fake cowboy grifter Joe Blystone has a mile long story of dishonesty and graft.
Go to Joe Blystone Facts on Facebook. It’s all there.
Damn! I never put together the Intel deal the way you did. Columbus is getting all the deals as the rest of the state rots.
You’re correct, Kaco.
Although I will say….plenty sections of the City of Columbus are rotting, too. Start with South High Street and Parsons Ave or East Livingston Ave.
If election outcomes are preordained, regardless of how folks vote- then I say there will be an corrective measures taken. This b.s. is simply unsustainable.
Dewine isn’t 100% bad (signed constitutional carry and a few other good bills). But I do think he was the first Governor R or D out the gate with Shelter in Place and then trotted out that insufferable Amy Acton who just scared the crap out of everyone. But he did improve with time, and wasn’t the last to drop the restrictions before the courts took away the emergency powers. Ohio the proceeded to do just fine with Covid relative to other states.
The Ohio Legislature passed a law to curtail Liddle Mikey DeRINO’s executive power in regards to the lockdown.
DeRINO vetoed that law and the Ohio Legislature overrode that veto.
Thus DeRINO was forced to soften his COVID stance but he still pushed for masking Ohio children.
My red hot GF is a teacher in inner city Columbus and had to live with that masking debacle.
We had a ridiculous vaccine lottery pushed by DeRINO giving away money to people who vaxxed. It was DeRINO’s way to keep pushing the scam after the Ohio Legislature took away his power.
Thank you for correcting me, it was the legislature, I couldn’t remember. The masks persisted though…
Yes, he is that bad!
One of the phone surveys I’ve gotten asked how I consider DeWine, very conservative, conservative, moderate, or liberal. I chose liberal.
I think the only reason he signed constitutional carry was because he stepped on his Dick so bad over Covid. His advisors probably told him to get Ohioans back on his side he better do something big like pass constitutional carry. Otherwise I don’t think he would have done it.
You know what’s really sick about it all? A yuge Columbus lobbyist is…..
Kevin DeWine.
In the Colorado GOP state assembly to pick who goes on the primary ballot, I was afraid of this kind of thing happening. For governor, there were two candidates I liked and couldn’t decide between, one who two years ago I would have voted for but now I didn’t trust, and others who were useless. They had to get more than 30% of the vote to get on the ballot, and one the candidates I liked got well over 30%, the one I didn’t trust got just over 30%, and the other candidate I liked got 27%, but I think that’s being contested because of questions about the electronic (!!!) voting system not having worked for everyone.
So even with the splitter, even with electronic voting systems, one of the good candidates still got the most votes. And Tina Peters and Ron Hanks, the faces of election integrity in Colorado, completely dominated the whole thing.
The point being, if enough people show up and are mad enough about the cheating, it is open season on RINOs regardless of splitters!
I wonder if we CTH readers and Trump supporters have been understanding and defining the GOP wrong. Maybe weaselly spineless careerists like DeWine and Kemp ARE the true Republicans. Maybe their self-serving behavior as the party of respectful losers and mild-mannered opposition IS the true face of the Republican Party. Maybe the only reason to register as a Republican is to vote in state primaries that require voters to pick a party.
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Maybe we already have a third party, the one that encompasses Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and a few other “conservative firebrand insurrectionists” you could name. Maybe we simply need to STOP expecting the Republicans to change their spots, because the RINO behavior we see from today’s GOP apparently IS the reality of that party.
Yinzer, I think you’re right.
See, Ohioans and Western Pennsylvania CAN get along just ignore sports contests, lol.
You’re right about the splitter strategy in Ohio. They are doing it in the Senate race also. If we still had strong competitive local media this would have been pointed out to the people of Ohio in time.
The Ohio media is pathetic.
You have the DeRINO loving Bill Cunningham at 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati who has one of the most powerful voices in Ohio.
The legacy newspapers are full of fat, lazy hacks like Darrell Rowland or Henry Gomez at the Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Local TV are usually young millennial reporters who are brain dead and lazy such as the crews at Columbus TV stations.
Jack Windsor is the best journalist in Ohio. He is with the Ohio Star. Find him on Facebook.
He and Bob Frantz on WHK Cleveland radio are about all we have.
Jack Windsor is excellent. I need to find Bob Frantz.
Bob has a podcast called Always Right or something close to that. WHK Cleveland.
I have not heard Bob Frantz in many years, but back then he was quite open about RINOS being the problem in Ohio and nationwide.
“The legacy newspapers are full of fat, lazy hacks like ……Henry Gomez at the…Cleveland Plain Dealer.”
I once had a spirited discussion with Cleveland Plain Dealer (AKA Cleveland Double Dealer) journalist Phillip Morris (just like the tobacco giant) about Negros and gun control.
I argued that Negros committed more felonies (per capita) that Caucasians and were consequently prohibited from firearms ownership at a disproportionate level.
Thus, gun control hurt Negros disproportionately.
His reply was that if Negros could not own guns for self-defense, Caucasians should be similarly disarmed.
The Cleveland Double Dealer is no friend of the Second Amendment.
I thought it was African-American?
I’ll call Little Joe Blystone a buffoon.
I stopped subscribing to them since President Trump took office. Couldn’t stand reading it and the coupons weren’t worth it.
No I disagree Trump could have endorsed Blystone or Renacci ..
He did give an endorsement to a guy that that said in 2016 he would vote for Hillary over President Trump..
Dewine is Swine and snubbed President Trump many many times fact while in office…..
Splitter strategy would be in play if President Trump had endorsed Blystone or Renacci…. So I hate to say it but. I don’t agree with this at all…
Dewine is almost on the MIT Romney level of Rhino
It’s disturbing PT didn’t endorse Renacci, he praised him for being one of the first on the Trump Train, if not the first in Congress. I guess he can’t go against DeRINO?
You appear to be part of the problem. Vote MAGA no matter what and you will at least respect yourself later.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
yeah okay….🧐 Part if the problem..???….. Trump shoulda endorsed a candidate other than Dewine…
That’s the problem here. 👍
Not me
Trump didn’t endorse anyone for governor in today’s primary.
Vote for a RINO and because President Trump told you to you respect yourself?
Can anyone name an endorsement PT has made that was good? Because if not then maybe he’s just not good at this or maybe he’s compromised. Maybe they threatened his life or the life of his family. I don’t know but his endorsements suck and so does his view on the “vaccines.”
Agree 100%! The RINOs are big problem in Ohio as they are nationwide! Praying for a miracle that Renacci beats DeWine! Had to hold my nose to vote for him in 2018, that was only so we wouldn’t get a demorat!
I wish we’d had a real competitor against congressman Joyce in Lake county, he’s as RINO as you can get too!
I agree about Joyce — I live in Lake County, and am tired of having someone who parades conservative creds at election time, but is a stealth RINO. Matt Lynch was a good conservative who tried unseating him several elections ago, and ended up subjected to a bunch of lies in a smear campaign funded by big money in DC. Lynch has done well by shifting to being elected to judicial positions, and being a gatekeeper there.
I voted for Awtrey — sadly, I don’t think he has a chance absent a miracle. Too young and inexperienced, and probably little funding or organization to get his name out there. But he was the only one running against Joyce, and I liked what he said at our local Lake County Liberty Coalition candidate evening last week.
Yes, I voted for Awtrey too! I checked out his website & liked what I saw. Like you I knew he couldn’t win against Joyce & RINO machine but at least took a vote away from him! I really liked Lynch & voted for him when he ran! Yes, RINOs did everything to destroy Lynch! His brother David was mayor of Euclid when we lived there, 1st winning in 1980, ran & won 2 more times after, he was also a true conservative, who did fantastic job as mayor & the reason I really looked & voted for his brother when we’d moved to Lake county 30 years ago
There’s so many good ppl but the political powers everywhere decide who’ll be in the race. Trump really opened our eyes to that truth!