“We Are Getting Into Position”: The Jockeying to Replace George Santos Has Already Begun

The Democratic strategist was right about George Santos. He just didn’t realize how right. Back in early November, one week before the midterms, I asked him to assess the contest between Santos, the Republican nominee, and Robert Zimmerman, the Democrat, in New York’s Third Congressional District. “It’s a race where the national Republican Party should be investing, and it isn’t,” he said, sounding puzzled. “The only thing I can determine is that Santos is truly a nut.” That has hardly been disqualifying in recent American politics—and Santos went on to beat Zimmerman by eight points. It wasn’t until a mid-December… Read Full Article