- Early in the 2022 campaign, the media assumption was that the GOP was saddled with weak candidates for statewide and federal offices.
- Some of the Republican candidates were deemed to be too conservative or politically unseasoned to win.
- As the campaign played out, it turned out that it was the Democratic Party that found itself saddled with a number of weak candidates talking about issues that were unimportant to voters.
- Now Democrats find themselves in the position of potentially losing some races to Republicans even in deep-blue states.
