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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is preparing to take a step into national politics by launching a pair of new political groups ahead of the midterm election.
Youngkin’s new operation will allow him to wade into gubernatorial races across the country on behalf of GOP candidates. Youngkin can also use the apparatus to target a pair of Democratic House members in Virginia whom Republicans are looking to unseat.
Because Youngkin pretends not to be like djt? Have you seen what he has done in PA?Youngkin prepares to wade into national politics
Virginia's Republican governor will use new political groups as a vehicle to get involved in other state races in 2022.www.politico.com
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The Republican Party might seem to have a dichotomy on their hands!
Two rising stars, in DeSantis & Youngkin, each of very different cloth. One is an affirmed hard-core Trump ideologist, the other is a moderate who ran a campaign with some distance from Trump.
Which ideology will prevail in the future of the Republican Party? That's quite a question! I'd argue that for the immediate election, the Party needs both ideologies, tailored for the individual electorates across the country. After all, VA is not AL!
But in the long run over the years, nationally, I believe the Party is best served by a Youngkin type candidate.
What says you?
Because Youngkin pretends not to be like djt? Have you seen what he has done in PA?
What do you see as the difference in "ideologies" that make them incompatible?Youngkin prepares to wade into national politics
Virginia's Republican governor will use new political groups as a vehicle to get involved in other state races in 2022.www.politico.com
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The Republican Party might seem to have a dichotomy on their hands!
Two rising stars, in DeSantis & Youngkin, each of very different cloth. One is an affirmed hard-core Trump ideologist, the other is a moderate who ran a campaign with some distance from Trump.
Which ideology will prevail in the future of the Republican Party? That's quite a question! I'd argue that for the immediate election, the Party needs both ideologies, tailored for the individual electorates across the country. After all, VA is not AL!
But in the long run over the years, nationally, I believe the Party is best served by a Youngkin type candidate.
What says you?
What do you see as the difference in "ideologies" that make them incompatible?
Ring a bell? His candidacy was based on supporting this typew of crap.What are you referring to?
It might not be pure 'ideology' in policy terms, as in the way the men go about campaigning and packaging & presenting the 'Trump Message'.
This article, below, touches on it:
The future of the GOP isn't about Ron DeSantis or Glenn Youngkin | CNN
As debates continue about the Republican Party's post-Trump future, it will be critical to see past conventional political labels -- lest they conceal the true threats imperiling American democracy, writes Nicole Hemmer. The tendency to see the Republican Party as a body organized by a split...www.cnn.com
Ring a bell? His candidacy was based on supporting this typew of crap.
Youngkin prepares to wade into national politics
Virginia's Republican governor will use new political groups as a vehicle to get involved in other state races in 2022.www.politico.com
--
The Republican Party might seem to have a dichotomy on their hands!
Two rising stars, in DeSantis & Youngkin, each of very different cloth. One is an affirmed hard-core Trump ideologist, the other is a moderate who ran a campaign with some distance from Trump.
Which ideology will prevail in the future of the Republican Party? That's quite a question! I'd argue that for the immediate election, the Party needs both ideologies, tailored for the individual electorates across the country. After all, VA is not AL!
But in the long run over the years, nationally, I believe the Party is best served by a Youngkin type candidate.
What says you?
Compared to DeSantis he is.Youngkin is not a moderate.
Compared to DeSantis he is.
Youngkin is not a moderate.
I should have qualified that as, 'a more moderate Trumper'.
I think Youngkin could pull it off.
That's the most relative use of the word "moderate" I've ever heard.
Yes, that's a valid point.
I believe his first act was an education E.O. concerning this.
Fair enough.
However he avoided other key Trumpian ideologies, for example the 'Big Lie'.
I'm surely not going to defend or support him, but I am musing over the future of the Party on the national stage. I'm not convinced full-on Trumpism can succeed in the Presidency, even while it is required for much of the GOP base.
Like I said, to call him 'a moderate' was inaccurate.
He's amazingly intelligent and perceptive, IMO.
Remember, he's a political neophyte. And, look what he accomplished. Amazing.
That's not saying much.
You're missing the point.
We're comparing the two men in terms of their 'Trumpism', and their abilities to move the Party forward in its current Trumpian guise. I'm operating under the premise the Party is going to be Trumpian for the near future.
Let's see what happens in the primaries. In general, I disagree with your assessment of Youngkin.Yes, that's a valid point.
I believe his first act was an education E.O. concerning this.
Fair enough.
However he avoided other key Trumpian ideologies, for example the 'Big Lie'.
I'm surely not going to defend or support him, but I am musing over the future of the Party on the national stage. I'm not convinced full-on Trumpism can succeed in the Presidency, even while it is required for much of the GOP base.
The Big Lie? That is a reference to his allegation that the election was stolen, correct? (Just to clarify it from all the other "big lie" allegations over his term.)
I will go out on a limb and say that perhaps those in the future reflecting on the past, with more access to records and investigatory techniques, may very well show (as a recent special prosecutor's investigation currently presents regarding retirement home voting malfeasance in Wisconsin) that there WERE a number of issues with the 2020 elections. After all, when drastic and often last minute changes in elections rules around the nation occur, there will be opportunity for fraud.
Time will tell, while not making a whit of difference in the historical outcome.
But I agree, it would be best for any candidate, including Trump should he (hopefully not) seek to run again come 2024.
I still don't know what "full-on Trumpism" is defined as, it has been given so many "elements." Often elements his opposition appears guilty of.
What I do know is that more and more Americans seem to be concerned about the extreme actions taken by the current Administration. I refer to their thinking that they had an absolute mandate to try to enact all these "extreme" agendas, when that does not seem to reflect many of those who voted for the change in leadership. By that I mean an "anti-Trump" vote did not signal a "pro-SJW" political shift.
I think the GOP would be better served by candidates that aren't openly anti-LGBTQ. Youngkin is despicable.But in the long run over the years, nationally, I believe the Party is best served by a Youngkin type candidate.
What says you?
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