It is caught between a leader who is unpopular
among the
party's MPs and the broader electorate, but hugely
popular with the large influx of
members and supporters that joined the
party in 2015 to back his leadership bid.
«Cable remains
popular both in the parliamentary
party and
among activists, and would be the ideal leader to enter coalition with Labour, which would be the preference of most
party members,» he said.
Jim Gerlach talking to himself: Let's see, I can run for an open, Executive Branch, Governors Seat or I as a
member of the Republican Main Street Partnership who supports Stem - Cell Research, some LGBT Rights and Environmental Issues, where my primary opponent would be an ultra-right conservative who already ran another moderate GOP
member to the Democratic
party, and if I survived that bloody primary fight, would then face the six - term incumbent senator with long roots in the same part of the state as me and who had a 60 % approval rating
among Pennsylvania Democrats before he decided to switch
parties and will have a
popular president campaigning for him in an already 55 - 45 Democratic state.