Jimmy "Dandy" Lyons Wants Warm Bodies Running for Office, Usually Republican LOSERS

 

The Diehl campaign’s approach is emblematic, some longtime Republicans say, of the division within the state party. The Baker faction argues for following the moderate message that has won in the past. The other, which Diehl represents, argues that a Republican who wins that way is no better than a Democrat. Principles, they argue, are the most important thing — even if they cost you the election, even if it means one-party rule.

“It doesn’t really matter if you win,” said Massachusetts GOP Chairman Jim Lyons, a Diehl ally who leads the conservative faction, at a candidate recruitment event in February. “What matters is to get into the fight to teach other people there is another viewpoint.”

‘Geoff “the real” Diehl’

Diehl’s viewpoints are not always clear, nor are they etched in stone. He’s running an ad accusing Healey of not caring about the state’s transportation infrastructure. But when asked at a recent debate when he had last taken public transit, all he could recall was using a moving walkway at the airport.  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/01/metro/geoff-diehl-is-kind-running-governor/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter