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BonesIIX t1_ivgnkc9 wrote

Honestly I'd love if there was a reasonable republican who wasn't part of the current GOP. Aka a Baker replacement. One of the best parts of MA has been that we've been a little slower on reactionary politics compared to other deep blue states.

MA state legislature only has 2 republicans so ultimately the legislature has democratic control to do whatever the hell they want, but I do like the idea of some semblance of an outside POV when passing new legislation. The only problem is that the GOP has completely made themselves unelectable and have put themselves on the wrong side of almost every social issue.

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LegisLAYshun t1_ivgznql wrote

>MA state legislature only has 2 republicans

There are 30 Republicans in the legislature: 27 in the House and 3 in the Senate. This doesn't change your point, but just FYI.

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BonesIIX t1_ivh9xnz wrote

Thanks for the correction! I must have been thinking of State Senate only (and then still wrong, just only off by one)

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aheksow OP t1_ivgnw7c wrote

I’d love to see this as well. You cannot be too extreme in virtually either direction in this state, despite us being a blue state. Extremists here don’t seem to do well on either side, but the democrats do usually have an upper hand. I think the right Republican candidate could benefit this state.

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jabbanobada t1_ivkbkkk wrote

> outside POV

By this you must mean a person who thinks gremlins fix the climate thermometers, cutting taxes on the wealthy trickles down, vaccines are a hoax, and immigrants cause all of our problems. Or at least someone who sees a party completely dominated by those folks and thinks "my dad was a Republican so I will remain a Republican."

No thanks.

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BonesIIX t1_ivki97f wrote

That's basically the problem with the modern GOP and thus makes them almost uniformly unelectable.

Basically the last remaining non psychotic Republicans are ones like Baker who are on their way out.

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