it's you're going to argue that the state legislative flips mean nothing, then you would have to also say that it meant nothing when Obama lost 1000s of seats as well

it meant something because it was 1000s of seats over the course of a long period of time

whereas the GOP has been losing these special elections in legislatures where they already have such a large majority, it isn't worth caring about until the big day in November

we'll need to light a match under the R voters

ideal candidates:

1.) grassroots

2.) ideological purists

3.) no personality cultists (reagan, bush, trump, anyone)

4.) no milquetoasts/squishes (_will_ fight back against the media when justified)

5.) saints (no scandals)

6.) no too many ties to corporations and special interests

these are the six pillars to the perfect candidate

It's too bad we don't have control over the RNC, the three of us

if that were the case, this is what I could achieve.

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 the kinds of people who have some of those six pillars will tend to not have some of the others

Ted Cruz fits all these pillars

he didn't win,

number 7 would be a big enough microphone

people who aren't milquetoasts tend to not be saints

that's true

but you can balance it out

Cruz had too much saint-iness

what do you mean by personality cultist?

that they revere someone else like Reagan/Trump

or that they have a tendency to form a cult of personality around themselves

someone who ties their leg to a candidate and has none of their own ideas

Didn't Cruz get into a bit of trouble a few months back, he was caught liking porn on twitter or something like that?

that was a staffer, and it died out pretty quickly

@FLanon I wonder if that was a calculated stunt to make him seem more human

haha

you know why Cruz lost the general?

Among other things,

Recognition

he has a _really_ unfortunate face,

Trump had a brand, he stood out

what I mean by this,

is that Ted Cruz has the face and hair of a used car salesman

so when voters looked at him, they saw him as a liar

you would be surprised how many voters base their vote on how the candidate looks

they did studies on this,

when people have no information on what party a candidate belongs to,