1. Any discussion of Trumpism After Trump has to factor in the formidable figure of Stephen Bannon. Maybe more important than Trump himself.
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2. Bannon has a clear goal (re-make the GOP into an explicitly white nationalist party along likes of UKIP or the Front National).
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3. Bannon is a genuine ideologue, with a very clear vision of where he wants politics to go, and is willing to play the long game.
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4. The Long Game being, in this case, a willingness to lose a few elections in order to take over party & change its orientation.
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5. Bannon also has a formidable megaphone through Breitbart and access to dark money via his ties to financial community.
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6. Bannon has said that this election is the first inning. He'll be around for awhile. If I were old school GOP, Bannon would scare me
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Hard to say -- there will be elements of the GOP who will want to destroy Breitbart now.
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