The republicans are planning on doing a 'post-mortem' following a disappointing 2022 midterm, where they failed to make significant headway against the democrats (barely getting a win in the house, but also losing control of the government in a few states, and possibly losing a senate seat).
From:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/gop-conduct-post-election-audit-disappointing-midterms-rcna59265...the Republican National Committee is moving forward with a new post-election audit designed to examine the GOP’s underwhelming performance... Ten years have passed since the RNC last commissioned a post-election audit. The “Growth and Opportunity Project” of 2013 ultimately called on Republicans to adopt a more inclusive and welcoming tone, while embracing a more forgiving position on immigration.... Trump’s allies are expected to play an active role in the upcoming review.From:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/op-ed-it-s-groundhog-day-for-the-gop-failure-after-defeat-is-becoming-a-republican-hallmark/ar-AA14KB9i?ocid=EMMX&cvid=85081806debe495ea3f0ba44785a0ad7This time, the review will be spearheaded by a “Republican Party Advisory Council” featuring Kellyanne “alternative facts” Conway and failed Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters.I guess the big question is.... Why bother?
First of all, the question about "why they are doing poorly" is pretty obvious... they turned the party over to a bunch of crazies (like Stubby McBonespurs, Greene, Deathsantis, etc.), which pissed off a lot of people, and then enacted unpopular policies (like forcing 10 year old
**** victims to give birth to the babies of their attacker), which pissed off even more people. And strangely enough, giving tax cuts to millionaires didn't improve their popularity. Give me a bar napkin and a sharpie and I can write their report about why they are doing poorly for them in about 30 seconds.
Secondly, why are they getting Trump people like Conaway and Masters involved? Given their track records, it is unlikely that they will perform a rational analysis of what went wrong or make useful suggestions. In the best case, their input will be ignored. In the worst case, they will actually influence the report conclusions (possibly suggesting the party needs to be "more Trumpy", the thing that seemed to lead to their defeat in the first place).
Lastly, Republicans likely won't listen anyways, if the report says something they don't like. The last report suggested they needed to be more "inclusive". Yet a few years later, the party nominated a racist con-artist who said neo-nazis are "fine people" and that you can't trust people of mexican heritage. And despite all this they stuck by him.