The bottom-line Rick, from my point of view. The Republicans need to realize they’re still the smaller of the two major parties. Hence, they must win the independent vote or lose the election. 2018, 2020, 2022 proved independents aren’t going to vote for Trump or his chosen candidates. The Republican Party needs to ditch Trump. The question is, can they? Keep Trump around for 2024, the Democrats will have a banner election. But they need a fresher, younger face at the top of the ticket, not Biden nor Harris. If that happens the democrats will not only win the presidency but recapture the house and probably add more senate seats. But unlike this year when the Republicans were defending 21 seats to the Democrats 14, 2024 will have the Democrats defending 23 seats to the Republicans 10. So adding more senate seats will be very difficult.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.