Robot_Tanlines t1_j64tte3 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Reply to comment by KV1SMC in Struggling Mass. GOP had just $35,000 in its coffers, on net, treasurer says - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

It just goes to showing how screwed up the Republicans have become. I don’t know for a fact the Baker would win again, but I think the odds would absolutely have been in his favor. The Republicans would rather throw away a winnable governorship than pick a moderate in their party, so they end up with the first dual women as the heads of the state and a lesbian to boot, it’s priceless. I’m real liberal but the Baker impressed me on multiple occasions and blew me away with his handling of the pandemic, especially when compared to his fellow Republican Governors. The odds are low that I would have voted for Baker over Healey, but I would have at least contemplated it and have been fine with it if he had won.

KV1SMC t1_j64zpht wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Yeah, if MassGOP was living in the real world, they would have supported Baker and would have likely held on the Governership and picked up a few down ballot positions, as well. Who knows? But, instead, they chose to indulge their fantasies and run a guy who embodies their darkest desires, but can’t actually manage to get elected to anything ever. Going all in on bad judgements. I’m a democrat, who almost always votes for democrats, but I was generally happy with the work Baker did. But MassGOP has managed to make themselves completely irrelevant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.