Brad Todd

I think the most important consequence is that key South Carolina organizers now have no excuse to sit on the sidelines. Plenty were demurring out of respect to Lindsey and now they can fully engage, it's a shame the debate structure never let Lindsey have his real shot.

It's a shame the debate structure never let Lindsey have his real shot, his leadership on foreign policy is critical to the party, and it would've been important in the race.

I don't see that happening with Democrats as much as it does with Republicans since all of their candidates are pretty much orthodox liberals, there's no such thing as a centrist Democrat anymore, so there won't be nearly as many sabers to rattle against them in primaries.

That doesn't mean that a party can't win. some of those primaries will animate elements of their base, including some donors, more than the general elections.

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