paxton25 wrote:I am pretty sure Straus knew he had an opponent and so did the thousands that voted for him. And it is incredibly naive to think that politicians, especially ones with the arrogance of Straus, don't really care if they have a primary opponent or not no matter how viable they are. With only a 4k vote swing in the primary against the sitting speaker and incumbent against a relative unknown who didn't campaign big I am sure some real names are pondering a run next time.SewTexas wrote:no, he didn't. like I said, no one knew he had an opponent. he put up the same signs he put up when he didn't have an opponent, ran the same few ads he ran when he didn't have an opponent.....basically he spent just enough money to get the tax break.paxton25 wrote:All primaries are painful to politicians who believe their seat is their birthright. He had to spend money he didn't want to, had to campaign when he didn't want to, had to answer questions he didn't want to. They don't like that.
SewTexas wrote:paxton25 wrote:Of course it will take more than that. I don't think anyone that knows anything truly believes Straus won't get the votes he needs next year. Hopefully the pressure he has been receiving plus several of his RINOs getting primaried out has made him a bit more pliable this session. I am sure he doesn't want to face another painful primary again.
mojo84 wrote:In my opinion, it's going to take more than a few freshmen to get Straus ousted as speaker and even more to get him out of the house. The guy is entrenched pretty well. I am well aware of several groups working hard to find a chink in his armor. Not saying it can't be done but it won't be easy and isn't likely.
his primary wasn't painful at all. few even knew he had an opponent until just before the election when his signs finally went up.
I'm not sure where you live. (I don't know much about you at all other than you joined yesterday and already have 40 posts) I however live right on Strauss's line. I have lived through several of his elections, I know what it's like when he has competition and when he doesn't, otherwise I wouldn't have said what I did. Now, am I hoping that someone with a chance and maybe a willingness to work at winning will run one day, yes, and if that person does run I will do everything in my power to help said person win.