NC-SEN 2020: Tar Heel Tillis

[Stranger in a strange land]

I believe Iowa and North Carolina are both good targets for us, but I see Iowa as more winnable, even though North Carolina will be more competitive in the Presidential Race, simply because we have a larger bench in Iowa to choose from.

More candidates does not mean more good candidates. If Trump wins Iowa by double digits, there's no way Joni Ernst loses barring a breathtaking scandal. Also, Ernst is much more popular than Tillis and will almost certainly run ahead of Trump. Tillis may very well run behind Trump.

I doubt Trump will win IA by double digits this time (though he'll probably still win it).

[Stranger in a strange land]

How is Thom Tillis's approval so low that he appears to still be losing to a guy who's basically Will Ferrel's character from The Campaign?

[Stranger in a strange land]

Replace "Trump" with "Cunningham".

https://twitter.com/Annakhait/status/1304142369634365443?s=19

This sort of rationalization is the problem.

I agree, but it's quite satisfying to see how using this sort of rhetoric to justify supporting Trump has come back to bite the religious right in the ass so royally.