First off, I completely agree with Pete’s comments below. The Never Trumpers were lacking in courage and astuteness in all kinds of ways. The most important is in thinking it would be in any way legitimate to nominate some unnamed conventional conservative in view of that position’s huge repudiation at the polls.
Well, at the last minute, Tom Coburn has expressed his willingness to be drafted. Had he announced his candidacy a month ago — and actually campaigned — then he might have generated popular support even in the post-primary environment. Many he could have proven that, in the right hands, conventional conservatism isn’t irrelevant now. We will never know.
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