
Marc Short on Musk’s Potential Third Political Party
Marc Short, former White House Director of Legislative Affairs, offers his perspective on Elon Musk’s rumored third political party and how it could bring renewed…
Thought Leader: Marc Short
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is privately telling big-dollar donors that bad candidates for governor and Senate were a top reason the GOP didn’t win more House seats in 2022, emphasizing that quality candidates matter up and down the ticket.
Why it matters: By explaining why his party underperformed in the last election, McCarthy and the National Republican Congressional Committee are also setting expectations for the next one.
Driving the news: McCarthy and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the new NRCC chairman, gave their theory of the case in slick slide presentations to top donors and lobbyists at a retreat at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Florida, last weekend.
Between the lines: McCarthy also noted that House Republicans have added seats in the last two cycles, in sharp contrast to Senate Republicans.
The intrigue: Hudson told the donors that “hard dollars” — meaning direct contributions to campaigns, rather than “soft money” spent by outside super PACs or independent expenditures — are crucially important for winning tight races, according to Punchbowl News.
The big picture: As both parties sift through the raw data of the 2022 election, they are gaining a clearer picture of who came out to vote and how partisans and various demographics behaved.
What to watch: The NRCC also listed the 36 lawmakers — 19 Republicans and 17 Democrats — who won by less than a five-point margin as top targets for 2024.
The bottom line: House Republicans are trying to convince donors that their money was well spent in the last cycle — and why they should invest in McCarthy’s plans to grow the majority in 2024.
Marc Short on Musk’s Potential Third Political Party
Marc Short, former White House Director of Legislative Affairs, offers his perspective on Elon Musk’s rumored third political party and how it could bring renewed…
Thought Leader: Marc Short
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Thought Leader: Erika Ayers Badan
Niall Ferguson: AI’s Great Brain Robbery
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