Seeking the party's endorsement for the presidency.
Will have remarks up in a day or to if time cooperates.
Time did not, as it happens, cooperate.
I do not think that will change, we have been three years out of the executive branch and any time we continue to have here matters strongly in terms of being able to uphold the principles of this party. We showed that with the budget and with a run of other bills unprecedented in recent memory. And I am certainly glad that on that front our members have been putting into practice what I highlighted at the last convention, and bringing more to the conversation on AFE and elsewhere about said principles.
As Yankee said, the actual playability of this game is of fundamental concern and that must needs take into account people outside of the party. The Senate has done good work in proving that Federalist policies can win support from parties who share the same commitment to policymaking that we do. Now, I know perfectly well that the game runs on clashes and whatnot, and whatever the mood is on the issue at hand two days or two weeks from now I will continue to try to modulate that impulse to conflict. Whatever the disadvantages of a bleeding heart I’ve understood it is a pretty good thing to have when serving as the elected leader of many people who don't like me or this party. We are a welcoming party and we stand for a welcoming game, and I hope the folks here and everyone watching will make that statement loud and clear at the ballot box next week.
