Sahil Kapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

This @ChrisSununu quote from last cycle about why he turned down a Senate run was devastating: — PolitiTweet.org

.@ChrisSununu was “pretty close” to running for Senate. Then he talked to Republican senators about what the job en… https://t.co/Mqb56Di7C5

Posted Jan. 25, 2023

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Understated element of the party’s “candidate quality” problem: popular governors like Mitch Daniels (and Sununu & Ducey last cycle) like to govern, with all the dealmaking and compromise it entails, and aren’t inclined to go to war with an ideological wing that feels differently — PolitiTweet.org

New: Mitch Daniels says D.C. trip is more about being a senator than the race. He says all his "questions are about… https://t.co/1AMJSfnS24

Posted Jan. 25, 2023

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Bunch of motives for McConnell's deal-friendly mode during the last two years: Saving the filibuster, placating retiring GOP mods who wanted to make laws, winning back the suburbs and — yes — attempting to make the Senate a hospitable place for effective R candidates. — PolitiTweet.org

Maybe another factor in McConnell’s shift over the past year — candidate recruitment doesn’t happen in a vacuum. https://t.co/a162bMsCoD

Posted Jan. 25, 2023