4/2/22
I sent this letter to the Wall Street Journal on 3/24 and
the paper published it on 3/30. I want
to see the GOP pick up at least one, and, hopefully, both Houses later this year,
but the Republicans have shown an enormous capacity to blow elections that hare
handed to them. Here is the original
letter:
3/24/22
While it is hard to argue with Karl Rove’s conclusion
(“Mid-Term Strategy Pulls Democrats Apart,” Opinion, 3/24/22) that the
Democrats will “pay a fearsome price” in the mid-terms for their mistakes that
transcend mere messaging, never underestimate the ability of the GOP to seize
defeat from the proverbial jaws of victory.
Rather than focus on the softballs the Democrats are
tossing them in the form of an inflation rate not seen since 1982, a failed
foreign policy, and skyrocketing crime rates, GOP candidates concentrate on
issues that matter to their Party’s far right, such as hyper-restrictive
abortion laws served up by GOP legislatures and governors, and to Donald Trump,
most notably the allegedly stolen 2020 election. Further, as I write this, some of the GOP’s
supposedly brightest lights see the Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings
as an opportunity to grandstand, cater to the far right, and harass a largely
sympathetic candidate whose nomination is assured. None of this is going to endear the GOP to
the suburban voters who tossed Trump out of office in 2020 and who just might
keep the Democrats in control of both houses if the Republicans continue to
ignore what matters to them in order to curry the favor of the Trump wing of
the GOP.
Mark M. Quinn
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