With the historic election performance by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida, and Gov. Greg Abbott’s crushing of Democratic darling Beto O’Rourke in Texas, will Republicans learn anything about governance and winning? If it’s all about personality, then you can’t clone these men. But if it’s about a process, then there’s hope for the future of the Republic.
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11 replies on “God Bless Florida & Texas: Can Republicans Learn from Historic Success in Governing and Winning?”
I’ve been saying this sort of thing for a very long time. Trump showed us the way, he proved that a Republican COULD be elected running on cultural and popular issues and that there is a huge pool of voters out there that can be tapped that way.
I’m all for tax cuts too, but tax cuts are not what drives people to the voting booth. The Left has handed us a golden opportunity which will only get worse for the nation between now and 2024. People like tax cuts but they go vote over things like a border wall, CRT and transgender issues being foisted on our kids without parental knowledge let alone consent, skyrocketing crime and massive increases in the cost of living.
I’ve been asking if DeSantis and Abbott are so popular and win by such wide margins why in the sam hell are there not more Republicans doing what they’re doing? Why are they not looking at DeSantis, Abbott and Trump and saying “Hey, I think they have something there and the proof is in the pudding.”
Donald Trump picked some good people to endorse this last election but he picked some real stinkers too. This proves that it’s not just Donald Trump that’s driving this new conservative political phenomena. Because if it were all Trump and no hat he’d have done a lot better on getting his picks elected.
Even so, it wasn’t Donald Trump that turned the Red Tsunami into a pink dribble. That was entirely on the head of Mitch McConnell. Our ol’ buddy Mitch was in charge of who got what financing and that’s where this thing went south as far as the Conservative side goes.
We have got to stop this Good ol’ Boy thing of the party leadership backing the biggest ass-kissers, no matter if it’s Trumps rump or Mitches britches or anyone else that’s getting those kisses. We will never make the changes that result in the improvements that keep us winning if we don’t win and can’t make changes. That’s just a simple fact of life.
Complete aside, but you guys go dark all week after the election and drop four vids on a holiday? Apologies if you’ve already addressed this in one of these vids that I haven’t watched yet
Many years ago, I read an appendix in a book entitled “The Success Trap”, and I have forced upon those who have worked for me to help them be actually successful. Sorry I cannot find it in a google search- it was out of Brazil. The article points out that when one is successful, they tend to look at what they did that led to the success and replicate those same actions for more success.
The problem here is that in so doing, they fail to step back, and examine ALL of the other tings that were going on that made whatever they did successful. So, this means you should automatically assume it had little to do with you personally, and ask a lot of questions to see why people made the decisions they made that led to that success.
I believe this is what the crew is pointing to in the circle concept. Observe, analyze and throw your own ego out the window. You likely had little to do with it. But if you can replicate the conditions that led to that success, you can likely replicate the success as well.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2022/11/11/these-counties-experiencing-election-issues-have-one-thing-in-common-n2615689
Red wave where you had proper election safeguards and counting. Red fraud where you had corrupt election processes. There is even a possibility that Oz won in PA but “Printer problems” and truck loads of mystery ballots. We may never know.
Yes policy mattered but in Texas and Florida had proper electoral systems. That’s the policy that mattered.
Scott…those ventriloquism classes really seem to be working. You’re the best ever! But it’s a bit creepy…stop it! lol
California and New York did unexpectedly well. Is that proof that things indeed have to “get worse before they get better”?
Crist and O’roarke were poor competitors and most folks knew it. I am a Floridian and no one wanted Charlie. Also, DeSantis is a Constitutionalist which is more important than ‘Conservative’. Marco Rubihoe is SUPPOSED to be a Conservative. I wouldn’t trust him with a stray dog.
Abbot and DeSantis have proven themselves to be True Patriots. There are very few of those left in politics.
Just a comment on the new format, please keep the long format show. If you want to clip it up in segments, clearly mark those as clips from the long format show to avoid confusion. But personally I think just the long show alone would be sufficient.
Stand in a Circle
Never heard of that. I assume you’re talking about this. Good exercise. I like it.
A New Spin on the “Stand in a Circle” Exercise (Part 1) (minitab.com)
Thanks, Phil.
I know you were with Shapiro briefly the other night, Bill. Did you hear his take the next morning?
I think he’s right. Heads should roll. Regularly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is a sign of incompetent leadership. Championship team playing on an 0-10 team whose quarterback is injured and the backup is just as bad … and at best we won by a field goal, 3-0. It should have been a blowout.
“The boat is sinking. Don’t rock it.”
Frankly, I think DeSantis rocked the boat. Just how did he rock it? Therein lies the answer.