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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@DouthatNYT That's true. The sad irony is the anti-Trump people most likely to come out of this mess totally fucked. Life's not fair.4 replies 2 retweets 9 likes -
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@HeerJeet Maybe. If Trump loses badly, though, this@michaelbd prophecy may not be that far off:http://theweek.com/articles/615609/republican-party-recover-from-donald-trump-faster-than-think …3 replies 3 retweets 3 likes -
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@DouthatNYT@HeerJeet@michaelbd Kids don't forget.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SampathPanini @DouthatNYT @michaelbd Yep. In fact Trump will make GOP toxic with Latinos for 50 years, as Goldwater did with blacks in 1964
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