First off, thank you for all your recent help and support, though, honestly, the candidates did most of the work, Edwards by being a sober, thoughtful executive willing to weigh all points of view then make fact-based policy, and Eddie Rispone for being, well, Eddie Rispone.
There are a lot of lessons to contemplate from Gov. Edwards’ re-election, but this tired, old, endlessly-rehashed message, reiterated in a post of mine elsewhere, is what I would like those happy with Saturday’s results to take away.
Why you Run and Vote for Every Office:
"Rispone ... had Trump at his side at rallies — along with $2 million and 60 paid staffers sent at the last minute from the Republican National Committee and millions more dollars from the Republican Governors Association."
Two million bucks. 60 paid staffers. That on top of Rispone's own 12 mil. This is how you do it. This is why Project 90 and its realized, younger version, the 50-state strategy.
MAKE THEM SPEND. DRAIN THEM DRY.
You don't run for every office because you think you'll win every office (though you'd be surprised at those you do, eh, Governor?). You run for every office to
MAKE THEM SPEND. DRAIN THEM DRY.
Every Republican who runs unopposed can take his/her campaign chest, turn it into a PAC and totally not direct that PAC to support another Republican who DOES have a Dem opponent.
When you run against them, you make that impossible.
Run for everything.
And, again, you may be surprised.