#1. He's the incumbent Lieutenant Governor. #2. North Carolina elected Jesse Helms to the US Senate no fewer than FIVE times. The attitude of "elect this candidate because "own the libs"/"drive liberals crazy"" is well embedded into the Tar Heel State. Especially in rural parts.
I actually meant BEFORE he became the incumbent; clearly an own goal by the Republicans; wow, this guy is like the goose that laid the golden egg for our side(I would still argue in favor of Stein but this race ended the moment this clown was nominated)
Are you a local/Wolven Sort? I know somebody of our ilk with a very similar name.
And yeah, the unbounded cray-cray of the NCGOP primary electorate knows few bounds. The Superintendent of Education nominee is somehow even crazier than Robinson.
Tokenism got him the nomination to his current role. And in his current position as LG, he was a natural choice for running for a promotion, plus tokenism again.
The most important traits for a republican candidate in the eyes of republican primary voters is the ability to be obnoxiously loud, confident, wrong, and cruel.
It is unsurprising that an electorate that filters for toxic traits will have candidates that are found to have toxic histories.
I'm not knowledgeable about SD politics, but my guess is that it won't hurt her. I'd love to hear from someone who's more likely to know, though. As do Cabinet, who the hell knows what a demented Trump who's angry at the world might do if he had the chance?
Republicans in South Dakota selected for a candidate that would be as cruel and as ignorant as they could find. They went for someone like Noem instead of the type of conservative that people are still willing to invite to Thanksgiving dinner. That made it more likely that their governor was the type of person to brag about killing a pet dog. Her issues are the direct result of what the republican primary electorate filters for, just like Robinson.
It's SD so she's unlikely to truly suffer at the ballot box if she runs for office again, but it did kill her national ambitions.
The question ultimately becomes how did he become Lt. Governor because that title alone makes someone a viable candidate if they choose to run for governor.
He handily won the Lt. Gov. primary but he also ran against 6 people who had some elected experience, including someone who had statewide experience. In a 2-person race, my guess is he probably loses. And then as for the general election, In the general election he ran against a seemingly unoffensive state rep, but the state also had a competitive presidential election, gubernatorial election and US Senate election which allowed him to fly under the radar.
How in the hell did Mark Robinson ever become a viable candidate? Your thoughts?
#1. He's the incumbent Lieutenant Governor. #2. North Carolina elected Jesse Helms to the US Senate no fewer than FIVE times. The attitude of "elect this candidate because "own the libs"/"drive liberals crazy"" is well embedded into the Tar Heel State. Especially in rural parts.
I actually meant BEFORE he became the incumbent; clearly an own goal by the Republicans; wow, this guy is like the goose that laid the golden egg for our side(I would still argue in favor of Stein but this race ended the moment this clown was nominated)
Laid an egg is right!
Are you a local/Wolven Sort? I know somebody of our ilk with a very similar name.
And yeah, the unbounded cray-cray of the NCGOP primary electorate knows few bounds. The Superintendent of Education nominee is somehow even crazier than Robinson.
Tokenism got him the nomination to his current role. And in his current position as LG, he was a natural choice for running for a promotion, plus tokenism again.
The most important traits for a republican candidate in the eyes of republican primary voters is the ability to be obnoxiously loud, confident, wrong, and cruel.
It is unsurprising that an electorate that filters for toxic traits will have candidates that are found to have toxic histories.
Well, bragging about shooting her daughterтАЩs dog didnтАЩt work out so well for Kristi Noem.
Not for VP, but do you think it will make her lose if she runs again in South Dakota?
Not just VP; I think she also failed to keep herself on any shortlist for a cabinet position in a second Trump Regime.
I know far too little about South Dakotan politics. What are your thoughts?
I'm not knowledgeable about SD politics, but my guess is that it won't hurt her. I'd love to hear from someone who's more likely to know, though. As do Cabinet, who the hell knows what a demented Trump who's angry at the world might do if he had the chance?
I think she is termed out in 2027.
There are always other positions she can run for.
Noem is an example of my point.
Republicans in South Dakota selected for a candidate that would be as cruel and as ignorant as they could find. They went for someone like Noem instead of the type of conservative that people are still willing to invite to Thanksgiving dinner. That made it more likely that their governor was the type of person to brag about killing a pet dog. Her issues are the direct result of what the republican primary electorate filters for, just like Robinson.
It's SD so she's unlikely to truly suffer at the ballot box if she runs for office again, but it did kill her national ambitions.
The question ultimately becomes how did he become Lt. Governor because that title alone makes someone a viable candidate if they choose to run for governor.
He handily won the Lt. Gov. primary but he also ran against 6 people who had some elected experience, including someone who had statewide experience. In a 2-person race, my guess is he probably loses. And then as for the general election, In the general election he ran against a seemingly unoffensive state rep, but the state also had a competitive presidential election, gubernatorial election and US Senate election which allowed him to fly under the radar.
And the campaigns against him obviously lacked the quality of opposition research the Stein campaign has.