1. Last night was a watershed. Imagine if Gillespie had won. Trumpization of GOP would have accelerated rapidly.
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3. The big question about Trump was always; is he a harbinger of the future or a sui generis novelty act?
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4. Trump might not be Elvis or the Beatles, a transformative figure who remakes the landscape. He might be the "Monster Mash" - a one shot hit.
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5. Gillespie's Trumpism Without Trump failed. That's a hopeful sign for future politics! My thoughts here:https://newrepublic.com/article/145726/trumpism-without-trump-doesnt-work …
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WADR, I think mainstreet Rs can run as Trumpists and win, but probably only in red states. Blue states, no. Purple states probably not, based on down ballot state legislative outcomes in VA and elsewhere.
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You know he wasn't authentically Trumpist so was it rejection of the inauthentic messenger or the message and its messiah? I suppose we have to wait until 2018 to have that answer.
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Brings to my mind what
@pattonoswalt said in January, "Trump's Teflon Umbrella covers Trump and no one else." Gillespie thought he could run on a platform of race hatred and homophobia, which aren't as widely embraced as Trumpers like to think.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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