In this interview with Amanpour & Company, former Sen. Jeff Flake sounded totally authentic.
A friend of mine who I had not spoken with in a long time called me on Tuesday. He asked me a couple of simple questions and pointed out that Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen amassed a whopping 51,465 votes. President-elect Joe Biden, 1,672,143; loser Trump 1,661,686.
Biden's margin over Trump: 10,457 votes
Jorgensen's total was roughly five times the margin of victory Biden enjoyed (well, I enjoyed it too). I wonder how many of those 51,465 voters would have preferred a sane Republican candidate. Maybe more than 11,000?
So, why is the Arizona Legislature this morning summoning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to answer for how the election was conducted here when they might better aim their rage inward or at least do some self-examination looking for how they could have improved their own performance?
If the Republican Party had conducted itself as a rational political party (as if they actually could have?) rather than Trump's cult of personality, imagine how different the end result might have been.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the Arizona Republican Party screwed up so badly. We dodged a major bullet.
By the way, isn't it curious that Phoenix area political journalists hadn't pointed this out already?
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