Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) lays the lion's share of the blame for the poor GOP performance in the mid-term elections on the poor performance of GOP leader Mitch McConnell. Instead of presenting the GOP as an alternative to Biden's flailing policies, McConnell often caved in and went along with Biden on key measures. That has contirnued since the election with the disastrous omnibus spending bill.
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Elections are won by use of effective messages that communicate the differences between your party and the opponent to the voters. In 2022, polls showed that the GOP had the issues, but they failed miserably in the messenging. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDnaiel was asleep at the switch on this, and Kevin McCarthy made only a feeble effort at it, but Mitch McConnell was downright awful on it, and that showed in the disappointing election results. McConnell did almost nothing to put up distinctions between the GOP and the Democrats, and instead tried to almost blend them together, the exact opposite of what one does if they want to win. The only real messenging McConnell did actually helped the Democrats with his whining we were going to lose due to "candidate quality". That is long time McConnell code for candidates more conservative than he is, ones who actually care about issues instead of just playing the game. Several election cycles ago, McConnell publicly vowed "to crush them [conservatives] everywhere" and this cycle it appears McConnell was more interested in seeing GOP conservatives lose than Democrats lose. McConnell pulled money out of close Senate races and kept $40 million in the bank after the election rather than spending it to help Republicans win. Even after the election, McConnell joined with the Democrats to hamstring the new Republican House majority by eliminating their power of the purse for the first year of their two year term, through his treacherous omnibus deal.
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Fauci needs to be jailed
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 @ 10:17 am
By: John Steed
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the party needs to step in against these special interests
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2026 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Steed
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Smithsonian is turning into a DSA propaganda arm
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2026 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Steed
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migrant invasion of Ceuta, Spain has been a warning to Europe
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2026 @ 3:14 pm
By: John Steed
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that what happens when you run as a "moderate" but turn hard core leftist once in power
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2026 @ 8:30 am
By: John Steed
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Throw the Bum OUT!
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2026 @ 7:43 am
By: John Steed
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DSA engaged in hostile takeover
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2026 @ 9:49 am
By: John Steed
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NC teachers union NCAE is an affiliate of NEA
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2026 @ 8:27 pm
By: John Steed
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the Manchurian candidate?
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2026 @ 9:51 am
By: John Steed
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Big Wind / Big Solar buys a seat
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2026 @ 8:45 am
By: John Steed
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All in highly questionable Maricopa County
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2026 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Steed
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good article
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2026 @ 11:30 am
By: John Steed
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America under foreign threat
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 @ 10:06 am
By: John Steed
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folows DSA wins in NY and Colorado
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 @ 9:20 am
By: John Steed
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GOP Executive committee will choose replacement candidate
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 @ 8:36 am
By: John Steed
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On Monday, US Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-NC11, was found in violation of the House Code of Official Conduct by the House Ethics Committee, regarding the prohibition of sexual harassment, resulting in calls for him to be censured.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 3:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The new program will teach students how to "become an influencer and strategic storyteller who thrives in the rapidly evolving creator economy."
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 12:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republicans have consistently backed the blue and new data shows President Trump's strong leadership has led to the fastest decline in violent crime in modern American history.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 12:14 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Maybe now the FCC will see the show for what it is, not what it claims to be.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 11:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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"who's on first?"
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 9:30 am
By: John Steed
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Sanctuary county for the unborn resolution to be presented by Stan Deatherage at tonight’s (Monday August 3) Beaufort County commissioner meeting.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 8:26 am
By: Hood Richardson
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result of Spain's Socialist open borders policies
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 @ 7:46 am
By: John Steed
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Biden autopen pardon does not protect him against state prosecution
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2026 @ 11:36 am
By: John Steed
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cost of wind and solar was excessive
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2026 @ 11:15 am
By: John Steed
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Violations of law and oaths of office
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2026 @ 10:08 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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for kids as young as 4
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 @ 11:32 am
By: John Steed
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after Americans killed and injured in crashes
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 @ 11:06 am
By: John Steed
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“Not getting that large sum of money ... was just the final death blow to the company.”
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 @ 8:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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as Democrat politicians and RINO Tillis fight SAVE America Act
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2026 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Steed
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after Socialist Spanish prime minister declares amensty
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2026 @ 11:18 am
By: John Steed
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"pay for play" run rampant
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2026 @ 10:54 am
By: John Steed
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"the DSA is coming for our children"
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2026 @ 9:15 am
By: John Steed
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Qatar needs to cooperate with U.S. extradition efforts.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2026 @ 9:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Senate race in Colorado several election cycles back show McConnell's distain for both conservatives and the grassroots. In Colorado, the easiest way to get on the primary ballot is to win over a certain percentage of the state GOP convention vote, and the less easy way is by petition. Usually, two to three candidates get enough convention votes to make the primary ballot, but that year, grassroots support was so strong for a black conservative county commissioner that he took the convention by storm and was the only one making the primary ballot from the convention. McConnell's annointed candidate, a squishy state legislator, had to get on by petition. When the votes were counted in the primary, the black conservative county commission won by a wide margin, while McConnell's candidate ran a distant fourth. Initial polls for the general election showed a tight race, but McConnell in a huff announced his PAC was pulling out of Colorado because the nominee could not win. The Republican nominee's campaign took a big hit on fundraising from McConnell's knife in the back and ended up losing the seat. McConnell plays a "rule or ruin" game with conservatives.