{"id":1746364,"date":"2022-11-21T07:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746364"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:47:46","slug":"strong-state-federalism-is-the-best-path-forward-right-now-for-the-gop-and-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-state-federalism-is-the-best-path-forward-right-now-for-the-gop-and-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong-State Federalism Is The Best Path Forward Right Now For The GOP (And The Country)"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstrong-state-federalism-is-the-best-path-forward-right-now-for-the-gop-and-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746364&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The 2022 midterms were as much an indictment of bloated national leadership on both sides of the aisle as they were of anything. People didn\u2019t vote overwhelmingly for incumbents because they think the country is headed in a good direction (more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2022\/11\/08\/2022-exit-polls-voters-are-angry-about-the-state-of-the-country---heres-what-was-on-their-mind-as-they-voted\/?sh=60f639102ec1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7 in 10<\/a> Americans say it isn\u2019t). <\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats voted for Democrats because they were told Republicans will destroy democracy and practically enslave women. Republicans largely voted for Republicans because they were fed up with the Biden administration\u2019s results, from inflation to transgendering kids. Mainstream Americans have lost faith in Washington \u2014 it\u2019s what propelled Trump\u2019s outsider win in 2016 and now what\u2019s materialized in the heels-dug-in results of last week\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p> None of the GOP Midterm Momentum Was National <\/p>\n<p>The most interesting elements of the midterms weren\u2019t in the fight over control in Congress (no one has much <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/15\/mcconnell-emblematic-of-republicans-past-is-the-least-popular-politician-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faith<\/a> in Mitch McConnell, least of all many in his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/11\/after-epic-failure-growing-chorus-of-senators-signals-its-time-for-mcconnell-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">own coalition<\/a>). They were the elections for state office that saw massive momentum build around longshot Republican challengers from New York to Michigan to even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/oct\/27\/oregon-governor-race-spoiler-betsy-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oregon<\/a>. Even though GOP gubernatorial candidates in those states didn\u2019t oust their incumbent-party opponents, they tapped into an energy that national Republicans have failed to generate. <\/p>\n<p>In the weeks before the election, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/26\/gov-races-ohio-pennsylvania-senate-00063382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a> that gubernatorial candidates were helping to carry their Senate counterparts, from Republican Brian Kemp in Georgia to Democrat Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania. The most momentum anywhere, of course, was behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis \u2014 who has built his brand on proactive state leadership and pitting his state\u2019s successes against the Biden administration and particularly its Covid bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/08\/3-takeaways-from-ron-desantis-blowout-win-for-every-gop-governor-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 Takeaways From Ron DeSantis\u2019s Blowout Win For Every GOP Governor In America<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was no singular reason for the GOP to flail in the midterms, but the election did make at least these two things clear: The national, establishment GOP has failed to rally behind a resonant, positive national agenda that motivates voters, and it failed to fight effectively enough against the Democrat vote-harvesting machinery that\u2019s been put in place in states that were, until recently, swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in Congress and especially in leadership have joined with Democrats to pass leftist wishlists, from gun control to gay marriage. Meanwhile, they\u2019ve continued to pump dollars toward GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/18\/the-gops-political-consultant-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consultants<\/a> while failing to match Democrats\u2019 ground game in elections \u2014 perhaps the largest cause of Republicans\u2019 disappointing midterm results. <\/p>\n<p>Arguably, the GOP will either have to reform election laws (banning no-excuse mail-in voting, ballot harvesting and curing, etc.), or match Democrats\u2019 efforts to harvest ballots where it\u2019s legal, before a Republican can hope to win the White House again. If Republicans stand idle while Arizona, Pennsylvania, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/27\/michigan-can-never-require-voter-id-again-if-democrats-pass-prop-2-in-november\/\">Michigan<\/a> continue to let Democrats abuse election laws to collect more ballots, a Republican nominee will have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1591478615044419584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">practically no shot<\/a> at gaining 270 electoral votes. And strengthening the integrity of elections begins by advancing state-level candidates who will pass and implement strong election laws.<\/p>\n<p> Covid Exposed the Importance of State Governance <\/p>\n<p>Voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably, Ron DeSantis has done more good for conservatives as a governor than national Republican leaders have in the past two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":1746367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}