Why are Republicans bucking an inveterate trend of political science by losing big in swing and even red states while an unpopular Democrat is in the White House? Today, I give a full vision of what has occurred since 2017. We are stuck with the worst of both worlds – the lack of vision from establishment Republicans and the tainted image of Trump himself. The Kentucky gubernatorial candidate who lost last night embodies this new mix of establishment thinking with Trump branding. Conservatives are like pure souls trapped in the radioactive body of the Republican Party. This is why they are failing to achieve policy wins, losing elections, and even making issues that should be winnable unpopular. Ron DeSantis is the only chance we now have to break free of the false dichotomy between Trump and the establishment – with proof of concept of electoral prowess – but we can’t have nice things. It’s indefensible that my colleagues in this industry won’t even call for a much-needed one-on-one debate between Trump and DeSantis.

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