Huffines wishes Abbott would have called for what he termed as a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 election — a calling card for right-wing candidates eager to please Trump. “The media gives him a lot of credit because he uses a lot of conservative rhetoric,” Prather said. “But there’s a difference between saying and doing. And, you know, Ron DeSantis does. Kristi Noem does. And Greg Abbott, a politician who lives off his polls, is good at saying.
“You know, you're never going to make everybody happy,” he added, in defense of Abbott. “And a leader who tries to make everybody happy is not very successful.” The presence of several anti-Abbott candidates could split whatever anti-Abbott vote exists. Huffines and Prather see strength in numbers, predicting that a crowded field could keep Abbott below 50 percent in a primary and trigger a one-on-one runoff in which anti-Abbott voters can consolidate around one candidate.
The problem with that thinking is in the poll numbers. Abbott’s 73 percent job approval rating within his party, as measured by last month’s Texas Politics Project survey, has, but it’s still high enough to leave little room for a successful primary challenger. “They’re presuming that 5 or 10 percent of the electorate that may wish our governor was more conservative,” is a path to victory, said Matt Mackowiak, who chairs the Travis County GOP in Austin and personally supports Abbott. “But that defies third-grade math.”
Only in Texas and only in the GOP would they consider Abbott - a man who passed some of the most restrictive abortion measures in America - not hard-line enough.
He can roll, but he can't hide!
Is it because even Republicans in Texas dislike Governor Abbott? I suspect it's because even Republicans in Texas dislike Governor Abbott.
You put someone further right as the nominee and they will lose to the democrat. The independents aren’t having it.
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