1. It's widely appreciated enough that conservatives creating 3rd party alternative to Trump would deepen Trump's hold on party.
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2. The analogy here is with Republican party of early 20th century which had progressive Theodore Roosevelt wing & conservative Taft wing.
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3. When Roosevelt broke with GOP and created Bull Moose party, he pulled progressives out, leaving Taft Republicans in charge.
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4. After split in party, lots of Theodore Roosevelt progressives became Democrats, including some early editors of New Republic.
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5. As a practical matter,
@BillKristol's 3rd Party idea won't work. Too late to meet deadlines. But even if possible, would have dire effect11 replies 3 retweets 9 likes -
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6. The problem for anti-Trump people is if they pick a fight now, they'll be blamed for loss and be much weaker in election aftermath.
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@HeerJeet An effective 3rd party -- which I'm pretty sure won't happen -- could plausibly finish ahead of Trump.6 replies 10 retweets 28 likes -
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@DouthatNYT Yes, but groundwork for that should have been laid months ago. It's really too late now.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
@DouthatNYT My provisional theological conclusion is that God exists & She loves Hillary Clinton.
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@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT Or that God exists and She has a twisted sense of humour.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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