Amy, Cathy, Karen - Agree this was so risky as to carry potential for being ruinous. It assumes that voters are actually voting for candidates based on their credentials and if that were the case, many of the current politicians would not be in office right now. It is obvious there are far too many voters who will vote for their party - Republicans - no matter what the candidate nominated stands for, so that putting the worst possible candidate in the running is a terrible tactic. It shows naivety and an ignorance of the character of the opposing party voters.
National party spent money during primaries to run ads boosting the extreme candidates.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/26/1113816038/ads-from-democratic-groups-boost-the-republican-candidates-that-may-be-easier-to
Amy, Cathy, Karen - Agree this was so risky as to carry potential for being ruinous. It assumes that voters are actually voting for candidates based on their credentials and if that were the case, many of the current politicians would not be in office right now. It is obvious there are far too many voters who will vote for their party - Republicans - no matter what the candidate nominated stands for, so that putting the worst possible candidate in the running is a terrible tactic. It shows naivety and an ignorance of the character of the opposing party voters.