GOP golden boy mails it in (MO-SEN)

[brooklynite]

Politico

FENTON, Mo. — As GOP Rep. Ann Wagner prepared to introduce candidates in a Republican Senate debate here Friday, she took a pointed jab at one contender who didn’t make it — front-runner Josh Hawley.

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The scene encapsulated widespread concerns about Hawley. Star-struck Senate Republican leaders anointed the 38-year-old, Stanford- and Yale- educated state attorney general as their top recruit of 2018 — a squeaky-clean figure they saw as the future of the party and an ideal opponent to take on the endangered Democratic incumbent, Sen. Claire McCaskill.

Yet as the campaign season kicks into high gear, many Republicans worry that Hawley — who openly admits he had no intention of running for Senate until he was pressured into it — is squandering his shot.

In interviews with more than two dozen senior Republican strategists, donors, lawmakers and local officials, Hawley was depicted as a lackadaisical candidate who has posted sluggish fundraising numbers, turned down interviews with conservative radio show hosts, and spurned traditional GOP events considered a rite of passage for a potential U.S. senator.

[hatrack]

1. "Mails it in"? He couldn't even be bothered to stick a stamp on it . . .

Oh, and BTW, Yale? Stanford?

Sounds like a coastal elite to me!!!

[NewJeffCT]

2. yes

He has degrees from an East Coast school and a West Coast school - that's like double-elite. He flew over Missouri going from New Haven to Palo Alto for college. (or vice versa)

Probably didn't even have home state University of Missouri on his list.

[The Genealogist]

3. Bicoastal elite at that

I'll not hold my breath waiting ads that call him out for this sin. Oh wait, only LIBERALS can be coastal elites. Because words.