2. There's a long history of liberals thinking "now the GOP has become so extreme it's unelectable": Reagan, Gingrich, Tea Party, Trump.
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3. You'll notice that with each new extremist move, GOP didn't lose elections but won them. Because extremism mobilized base.
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4. In age of negative polarization, where who you hate is more important than what you believe, there is little penalty for extremism.
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5. My larger thoughts on why GOP extremism isn't self-defeating here: https://newrepublic.com/article/145157/republican-party-isnt-cracking-up-its-getting-even-stronger …
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Please stop referring to Roy Moore as "conservative." He is not, regardless of how he labels himself. He is an authoritarian, bigoted moron.
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90% of conservatives aren't conservative.
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The final purge of moderate republicans in 2018 will mean zero common sense or even reality. Disturbing.
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This is a sad but true thread and article.
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Polarization is in a feedback loop. Once, there were brakes---especially smallC cons. When machinery does this one gets far away, fast.
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