But that is not who they are playing to. They count on those votes as a given. The Party sold their soul to the religious bigots during the era of St. Ronnie.

And before anyone comes at me, I was a Republican back in that day. Only after getting out of the suburban DC bubble did I start to see that things were not as what was being sold by the Republicans.

A couple of thoughts:

1. $100k isn’t near enough to do what they stated. Not even close. I’m not even sure that the updated voter information (as in who voted / who didn’t / location demographics) is available yet.

I lived in Valley Forge for 18 months in the early 1990’s, and lived in Hatboro for a year in the late 2000’s.

2. The fish rots from the head. Very bad candidates affected downstream races. And the behavior of Republican operatives after Fetterman’s stroke were just disgusting.

3. Abortion was the biggest albatross around the neck of the party, and calls for more restrictive laws drove the stake into the party.

4. The reputation of the Republicans isn’t helped by antics outside of the state. Guilt by association.