I don't know who would win, but I'd easily vote for OSR. I wouldn't agree with a number of his policies, but I think if elected to public office, he'd work for pragmatic solutions to urgent problems.
Your moderate heroism has given me cancer and it slowly spreads to all my vital organs.
Well, American politics would significantly improve if there was way more moderate heroism in Washington and elsewhere. It would actually function to get things done instead of hackery, finger pointing and insults. Moderate heroism to me doesn't mean selling out just every belief and giving up all convictions, it means arguing about issues, both between and within executive and legislative branches as well as on the campaign trail. Questioning the other side's judgment and not motives. Sometimes it's necessary to take a stand when you don't come together, but the system for a reason requires compromise and current leaders, especially on the right, lost the ability to compromise and get meaningful things done. Not even those, that shouldn't even be subject to major debate.
If Republicans would get rid of the extreme elements and be like OSR, Washington would be a much better place. And if they were in charge, I wouldn't like everything, but I would much rather see Democrats arguing on the issues and get a majority for other policies. For that reason, I'd be supporting him over a socially conservative Democrat like Smith, although my vote is more pro-OSR than anti-Smith.
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