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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Oct 2017

      1. There's an idea out there that the rise of Roy Moore is a harbinger of a Republican crack-up. Alas, no.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Oct 2017

      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. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Oct 2017

      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. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Oct 2017

      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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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 4 Oct 2017

      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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        2. Karthik‏ @blandphilosophy 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I wonder if one approach to counter this is divorcing the national Dem party from state parties.

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        3. Karthik‏ @blandphilosophy 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @blandphilosophy @HeerJeet

          But it's a good sobering piece. One reason why I'm deeply concerned that VA Gov will flip red.

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        2. Differing-Opinion Respecter‏ @giguerja 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yet the innocuous phrase "bend the knee" is apparently a bridge too far for you on the left.

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        3. Christian R. Conrad‏ @ChrisRConrad 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @giguerja @HeerJeet

          Wha? I thought it's the right that's been going apoplectic at the bending of knees recently.

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        2. Brian Lyman‏Verified account @lyman_brian 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Bannon had little if anything to do with Moore winning Sept. 26. Moore has a devoted base in Alabama he's built for decades . . . (1)

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        3. Brian Lyman‏Verified account @lyman_brian 4 Oct 2017
          Replying to @lyman_brian @HeerJeet

          . . . and ran against an incumbent who had been significantly weakened by his appointment by governor who resigned in disgrace. (2)

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        1. Address Climate Crisis Now‏ @waternoice 4 Oct 2017
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          Sadly, I agree with you.

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        1. AnneC‏ @annegrace_C 4 Oct 2017
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          No discussion of changing demographics in this country. Will POC (who will be majority in 30 years) join GOP? I think not.

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        1. super mario bother‏ @LusciousPear 4 Oct 2017
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          it’s self-renewing, like the left should be

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        1. Lynn Coady‏ @Lynn_Coady 4 Oct 2017
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          This rings a lot truer to me than the contrary take

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